Photograph by Renae Charles

Mary E. Brown, Ph.D., Professor
Information Science

Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06515

Department of Information and Library Science
Fax: 1.203.392-5780 / Phone: 1.203.392-5781
Toll Free: 1-888-500-SCSU, then press 4

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Information Studies, College of Information Studies, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. Major area of concentration, information systems; minor area of concentration, management of organizations, including course work in social systems sciences (Wharton, University of Pennsylvania).

M.S. in Library and Information Science, College of Information Studies, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.

B.S. in Secondary Education, West Chester State College, West Chester, PA. With a specialization in comprehensive science.

DISSERTATION RESEARCH

Children's naming of subject categories: Developmental differences in the invariant properties of category labelling.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Professor, Department of Information and Library Science. Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, August 1994-present. Tenured 2000. Associate Professor 2000. Professor 2004. Chairperson 2000-2003.

Research assistant, Psychology Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1989-1994.

Adjunct faculty, Psychology Department, Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ, Spring 1991. Taught undergraduate cognitive psychology.

Technical computing group, DuPont Experimental Station, Wilmington, DE, 1985-1989.

Teacher: Physical Science and Materials Science, Burlington County Vocational-Technical High School, Mt. Holly, NJ, 1983-1985.

Teacher: Earth Science, Introduction to Physics and Chemistry, New Castle County School District, Wilmington, DE 1978-1981.

CURRENT PROJECTS

Information seeking: a book series for children
Assessment of library services: a book chapter

WORKS UNDER REVISION

Brown, M. E. & Mills, J. W. Study of Attitudes of P&T Committees toward Electronic Publication.

Brown, M. E. Library needs of non-native speakers.

CREATIVE ACTIVITY

Brown, M.E., & Power, J. (2006) Exhibits in Libraries: A Practical Guide. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

[Brown, M.E.] (Pub.). (1984). Jerome Robinson: I Hate Art. Philadelphia: Gypsy Press.

[Brown, M.E.] (Pub.). (1983). Joe Scuderi: Songs of Avatar. Philadelphia: Gypsy Press.

[Brown, M.E.] (Pub.). (1983). DMT Brown & Tim Gilfillan: Here. Philadelphia: Gypsy Press.

[Brown, M.E.] (Ed.). (1983). toujours l'amour. Philadelphia: Gypsy Press.

[Brown, M.E.] (Pub.). (1982). James M. Cory: Crossing the Street in the Rain. Philadelphia: Gypsy Press.

[Brown, M.E.] (Pub.). (1981). Harold Watson: Pussy Cat Hair Loose Poetry. Philadelphia: Gypsy Press.

[Brown, M.E.] (Pub.). (1981). People Hold Balloons Softly. Philadelphia: Gypsy Press.

[Brown, M.E.] (Ed.). (1978). with Melody Young. Mommy, Help Me. Wilmington, DE: Gifted Child Association.

Kumon-Nakamura, S., Glucksberg, S., & Brown, M. (2007). How about another piece of pie? The Allusional Pretense Theory of Verbal Irony. In R. W. Gibbs Jr. & H. L. Colston (Eds.), Irony in Language and Thought: A Cognitive Science Reader, Taylor & Francis, London.

Roys, N., & Brown, M. E. (2004). The ideal candidate for school library media specialist: Views from school administrators, library school faculty, and MLS students. School Library Media Research, 7 (2004).

Brown, M. E. (1999). [Review: Knowledge, concepts, and categories]. Library and Information Science Research, 21(1), 131-134.

Brown, M. E. (1997). [Review: Electronic publication and libraries; Planning for the impact and growth to 2003]. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 48(3), 276-278.

Brown, M. E. (1995). By any other name: Accounting for Failure in the Naming of Subject Categories. Library and Information Science Research, 17, 347-385.

Kumon-Nakamura, S., Glucksberg, S., & Brown, M. (1994). How about another piece of pie? The Allusional Pretense Theory of Verbal Irony. Journal of Experimental Psychology - General, 124(1), 3-21.

Glucksberg, S., Brown, M., & McGlone, M. (1993). Conceptual metaphors are not automatically accessed during idiom comprehension. Memory and Cognition, 21, 711-719.

Brown, M. E. (1992). Developmental patterns in children?s generation of subject categories: Proposal of an autopoietic theory of conceptual development for information retrieval. New Jersey ASIS Key Words, Spring, 10-19. 1992 Henry Voos Paper Award.

Brown, M. E. (1991).Design for a bibliographic database for non-professional users. Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, October 28-31, Washington, D.C.

Brown, M. E. (1991). A general model of information seeking behavior. Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, October 28-31, Washington, D.C.

Brown, M. E. (1991). Library attractibility based on social styles of users. Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, October 28-31, Washington, D.C.

Brown, M. E., & Kim, H. J. Compromise at the Crossroads. CSU Assessment Conference, Western Connecticut State University, April 27, 2007.

Brown, M. E. Library Education/Council of Library and Information Research Initiative (with Simmons College, Long Island University, Yale University) Yale University, Spring 2004

Brown, M. E. The Future of Library and Information Science Education, Catholic University of America, Spring, 2003

Brown, M. E. Distance Education: Evolution or Revolution? Connecticut Library Association, with Emily Chasse (CCSU), William Wheeler (U Illinois and Yale), and Ed Klonoski (CDLC), Spring 2002.

Brown, M. E. Strategies for Advancement for Women in Academe, SCSU, Women's History Month, with Harriet Applewhite and Vara Neverow, Spring 2001

Brown, M. E. Pursuing the Future with Eager Feet - Committee on Professional Awareness, Yale University, Spring 2001

Brown, M. E. Mentoring at a Distance - Annual Conference on Online Learning, Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium, Fall 2000

Brown, M. E. Using Technology to Support Classroom Activities. Ursinus College, Winter 2000

Brown, M. E. Psycholinguistics of Information Seeking Behavior, University of Maryland-College Park, Spring 1999

Brown, M. E. Conversations in the Discipline - CSU at CCSU, Spring 1998, Distance Education (panel member)

Brown, M. E. Connecticut Library Association, Spring 1998, Digital Libraries (panel member)

Brown, M. E. 12th Annual Academic Computing Conference - CSU at ECSU, Spring 1998, Web-Based Testing (panel member)

Brown, M. E. Grantsmanship Series, SCSU, Spring 1997, Preparing proposals for Federal Funding (presenter)

Brown, M. E. University Forum, SCSU, Spring 1997, Managing a WebSite for Classroom Support, (included a Web version of the presentation for those who could not attend)

Brown, M. E. Perceptions of the Directions of School and Public Librarianship and Media with Implications for Library Education Programs to Prepare Future Librarians. Rowan University, Spring 1995.

Brown, M. E., McGlone, M. S., & Glucksberg, S. (1992). Idiom use: A matter of semantic appropriateness or an artifact of lexical priming? Presented at The Eastern Psychological Association, April, Boston, MA.

McGlone, M. S., Glucksberg, S., & Brown, M. (1991). When is love a journey? What metaphors and idioms mean. Presented at The Psychonomic Society?s 32nd Annual Meeting, November, San Francisco, CA.

Brown, M. E. (1989). Bibliographic database for small reference collections. Presented at the ASIS conference for graduate research, September, Washington, D. C.

Brown, M. E. (1987). Analysis: A rapid prototype of an expert database for guidance in selection of chemical analyses. Presented at Computers in Research, October, DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE.

Honors and Awards:

Brown, M. E. 1992 Henry Voos Paper Award for "Developmental patterns in children's generation of subject categories: Proposal of an autopoietic theory of conceptual development for information retrieval."

Brown, M. E. 1999. Elected member, The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY SERVICE

TEACHING

Literature for Children

Use of Library Sources

Book Trade

Technical Services

Information Service Technology

Media Production

Internet Resources and Management

Introduction to Information Science

Cognitive Psychology

Information Seeking Behavior

Information Architecture

Evaluation & Research

Action Research

History of Books and Printing

Introduction to Archival and Museum Work

Digital Libraries

Abstracting and Indexing

Library Management

Library Personnel Management

Foundations of Librarianship

Introduction to Information Science and Technology

Programming for Libraries

Science-Technology: Literature and Sources

SERVICE

Curriculum Committee, 1994-present

Marshall/Hooder at commencement, 1995-2003

Developer and Webmaster of website for information regarding ILS (2000-2003)

Developer of website for information regarding ILS (2007-present)

Graduate Admissions Committee, 1998-2003 (chair 2000-2003)

Faculty Search Committee, 1994-2003, 2006-present

Personnel Committee 1996-1999

Ad Hoc Committee for Re-purposing the Tech Center 1996-1998

Co-author, Summary and Clarification of Graduate Program Review Report 2007

Primary author, ALA Program Presentation 1996, 2003

Co-author (with Todd Rofuth), NEASC Distance Education Report 2002

Primary author, Graduate Program Review Report 2001

Primary author, Academic Assessment Report 2001

Graduate Research Fellows/Assistantship Awards 1998-present

Enrollment Management 2008-present

Faculty Marshall at commencement, 2007

Research/Scholarship Advisory Committee (RSAC), 1996-2007

RSAC Research Visibility Sub-Group, 1996-2007

RSAC conferences and symposium, planning committee chair, including 2003 Symposium on the Status of Research ad 2007 Symposium on the Status of Research and Scholarship Support

Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship committee, assistant to dean 2003-2006

Graduate Research Fellows Awards (review committee chair) 1998-2004

SCSU Writing Across the Curriculum Committee, 2003-2004

Ad Hoc Committee for Stipends for GAs (authored section on the economic impact of SCSU graduate students on the Connecticut economy), 2001-2003

NEASC Accreditation of Distance Programs, co-author, 2002

NEASC Accreditation, Steering Committee, 2000-2002

NEASC Accreditation, co-chair, Research and Scholarship section, 2000-2002

SCSU Research Conference, local arrangements chair, 2000-2001

University Library Committee (ULC), 1997-2000

ULC Standards & Benchmarks, 1997-2000

University Student Life Committee, 1996-1999

Laurel Yearbook, Faculty Advisor, 1996-1999

Graduate Dean Search Committee, 1997-1998

Faculty Development Advisory Committee (FDAC), 1994-1997

FDAC Proposal Review, 1994-1997

Strategic Objective 7.8 Team Leader (Increase 3rd Party Funding), 1995-96

Strategic Objective 10.14 Team Leader (Expand Graduate Assistantships), 1995-96

CSU Faculty Research Conference (2006, 2007), member, planning committee

CSU Faculty Research Conference (Spring 2004), co-chair with Harvey Feinberg and Jim Mazur

CSU Faculty Research Conference (Spring 2002), local arrangements chairperson and member CSU central committee 2001-2002

OnlineCSU Kick-Off, local planning committee (2002)

OnlineCSU-vendor contract review committee (2001-2002)

OnlineCSU RFP review committee (2001)

ALISE Web Committee (2002-2005)

ALISE Awards Committee, Chair (2001-2002)

ALISE Awards Committee (2000-2002)

ALISE Publication Committee (1999-2000)

Grant Reviewer, Institute for Museums and Library Services

Grant Reviewer, U.S. Department of Education

External Review Panel, American Library Association Office of Accreditation