My research focus takes on a systematic view of information, exploring the ways in which governments, societies, businesses and individual intercept, disseminate and utilize data. This view of information systems stems from my experience as a performing musician; playing the French horn can be viewed as a microcosm of the process of absorbing data and interpreting it in meaningful (in this cast, auditory / ephemeral) ways. This process is scalable, and presents a working understanding of the ways in which data and information flows through people-created systems of varying sizes and shapes.
This framework has informed / was informed by my coursework at Pratt Institute, from which I will graduate with an MSLIS in December 2012.