Saguna Shankar (she/her)

For more about my research and teaching, please visit my website.

• PhD, University of British Columbia, Library, Archival and Information Studies (2023)
• MLIS, University of British Columbia, Library and Information Studies (2016)
• BA, University of London, English (2013)

• CAIS Doctoral Dissertation Award; Canadian Association for Information Science / l’Association Canadienne des Sciences de l’Information; 2024-06-01;
• ASIS&T Doctoral Dissertation Award; Association for Information Science and Technology; 2024-06-01;
• ALISE/The Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Competition; Association for Library and Information Science Education; 2024-05-01;

• Shankar, S. & Nathan, L. P. (2026). Interdependence in information practices: Differences matter when caring for immigration data in Canada. Journal of Documentation, 82(7), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-05-2025-0148
• Hands, A., & Shankar, S. (2025). Back from crisis mode: Exploring care-centered approaches to teaching in LIS. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 66 (1), 85–93. https://doi.org/10.3138/jelis-2024-0052

• Harris, T. & Shankar, S. (2025). American drone surveillance & information policy implications. Proceedings of the Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference. https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2025.2024
• Julien, H., Abramovich, S., Burns, S., & Shankar, S. (2025). Artificial intelligence: Implications for the MLS curriculum and pedagogy. Proceedings of the Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference. https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2025.1938
• Mortada, H., Shankar, S., Pagan, S., & Dodson, S. (2025). An exploratory data analysis of keyword associations in LIS immigration scholarship. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 62(1), 1603–1605. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.1481

• Dunbar, H. & Shankar, S. (2025, October 23). Revealing restricted voices: The Love Canal interview redaction project. Documentary Heritage and Preservation Services for New York [Presentation]. https://youtu.be/s5S710xhuZU;
• Shankar, S. (2024, October 14–17). Caring for newcomer communities and their data: An inquiry into interdependence in information practices [Paper presentation]. Proceedings of the Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, United States.;

• Dunbar, H., & Shankar, S. (2026, July 29–August 1). Processing sensitive collections: Ethics, privacy, and access. [Paper presentation]. Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.;
• Shankar, S. (2026, June 1–4). Documenting “missing” data: Practices in a historical environmental justice case [Poster presentation]. Information Seeking in Context Conference, Montréal, Québec, Canada.;
• Shankar, S. (2026, March 10–12). Countering dangerous, divisive practices with data: Renters at Gri?on Manor. University at Buffalo Humanities Institute Annual Conference, Buffalo, New York, United States.;

• The Information Society
  Mar 2026-May 2026
• Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIS&T)
  Sep 2023-May 2025

• Research Engagement Committee Member, Association for Information Science and Technology
  Oct 2025-present