Angela Murillo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Library and Information Science, Data Science
Program Director, Applied Data and Information Science

Contact

apmurilliu [dot] edu
317-278-6311
IT 561

Education

Ph.D. Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2016)
MLIS, University of Iowa (2010)
B.A. Geosciences, English, Spanish, University of Iowa (2007)

Biography

We are all creators, producers, and consumers of data, notes Angela P. Murillo, an assistant professor at SOIC. “Analysis is everywhere—especially in the media—and critical thinking is necessary.”

Murillo has worked in industry, government agencies, and academia, and brings a “bigger picture” perspective to teaching and learning about data—one that reflects its social and ethical implications.

She has been a research and development information scientist at the global biotechnology company Novozymes, and held lecturing and research appointments at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and lecturing appointments at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. It was as a doctoral student at UNC that she assisted in developing the curriculum for a new program in information science there.

Her work has included helping to develop SOIC’s new Applied Data and Information Science undergraduate degree, in collaboration with the Library and Information Science and Human-Centered Computing departments. “Data fluency is foundational to making students more competitive, giving them skills and confidence in any context,” she says.

Research Interests

Data-related and STEM education
Data science
Scientific data
Data cyberinfrastructures

Courses

LIS S201 Foundations of Data Studies
LIS S202 Data Organization and Representation
LIS S301 Data Policy and Governance
LIS S511 Database Design

External News

5 faculty projects selected as SEIRI seed grant recipients