Joe Sanchez

Joe Sanchez, Associate Professor 

Rosenthal Library, Room 262

Graduate School of Library and Information Studies

Queens College, City University of New York

Phone: (718) -997-3765

E-mail: Jose.Sanchez2@qc.cuny.edu

Web: http://drjoesanchez.com


Education


Work Experience

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Research & Professional Interests

Dr. Joe Sanchez (he/him) is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies at Queens College (CUNY). He studies the information worlds of Mexican-American high school students, Computational Thinking, and Undergraduate research experiences for underrepresented students.  He is a Mellon Fellow and a Google/ALA fellow in the Libraries Ready to Code Program, a founder of the iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3), and on the advisory board of the ALA Spectrum Doctoral Fellows program. 

After working as an Instructional Designer for ten years, Dr. Joe Sanchez pursued a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. His early work asks the question,  What can early adopters of technology teach us about learning?

While faculty at  Rutgers University, he created an Undergraduate specialization in Game Production and Innovation and helped to create an award winning Markerspace. In 2012 he was named as International Teaching Fellow at the University of Applied Arts and Sciences in Darmstadt, Germany, where he worked closely with graduate researchers to design collaborative virtual work environments.  

Dr. Sanchez has been featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education, ABC News, USA Today, and Texas Monthly. His research bridges the areas of social/community informatics, new media and learning, and the information worlds of BIPOC youth. He shares his expertise with the public at Pop Culture conferences such as South by Southwest Interactive, New York Comic Con, and AnimeNYC. 


Selected Publications

Journal Articles:

Sanchez, Joe and Maria V. Malyk. (2015). In Humanistic Defense of Geronimo. In The American Mosaic: The American Indian Experience.

Sanchez, J. (in Progress) The Information Underground: The Paradox of Information Practice in Punk Subculture. Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology (JASIST)

Sanchez, J. (in progress) Reconfiguring DIY Punk: Sustaining an Analog Culture in a Digital World. New Media and Society.

Pena, J. , McGlone, M., Sanchez, J. (2012) The Automatic Effects of Avatar Appearance and Role Labels in Language use in a Virtual Environment - Journal of Computer Mediated Communication

Jarmon, L. & Sanchez, J. (2009) The Educators Coop: A Model for Collaboration and LSI Communication Research in a Virtual World. Electronic Journal of Communication Research.

Jarmon, L., & Sanchez, J. (2008). The Educators Coop Experience in Second Life: A model for collaboration. The Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology. Vol. 4, No. 2 (2008, Fall)


Monograph and Chapters:

Sanchez, J. (2011) Virtual Worlds as Technologies for Lifelong Learning and the Implications for Museum, In Creativity and Technology: Social Media, Mobiles and Museums. Eds James Katz, Wayne LaBar, and Ellen Lynch. MuseumsEtc. P. 308-344

Sanchez, J. (2009) Implementing Second Life: Ideas, Challenges and Innovations. Library Technology Reports. Feb/March 45(2)

Sanchez, J. (2009) Virtual Worlds: New Spaces for Service Learning. In Service Learning: Linking Library Education and Practice.. Eds. Loriene Roy and Alex Hershey. ALA Editions. American Library Association.

Decker, M. & Sanchez, J. (2000) Strategies for the Continuum: A User-centric Approach to Faculty Support. Syllabus, Vol. 14, No. 5, Syllabus Press, pp.16-19. 


Refereed Conference Proceedings:

Sanchez, J. (2016). Fostering Collaboration in a Virtual World: Sustaining Mutual Engagement. World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2016. Vancouver, BC. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Sanchez, J. (2016). Real Talk in Virtual Spaces: Examining Faculty Knowledge Sharing Cycles in a Social Virtual World. In Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (pp. 692-697). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Lingal, J. Trammell, A. Sanchez, J. Namann, M. (2012). When social media is not enough: Practices of information and secrecy in a punk rock subculture. In Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer- Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW'12) (Seattle, Washington. February 11 – 15, 2012).

Jarmon, L., Sanchez J. (2009) Virtual Communication: The Future Is Here. Human Communication and Technology Division, Communication and the Future Division of National Communication Association Convention. Chicago IL.

Pena, J. , McGlone, M., Sanchez, J. (2009) The Automatic Effects of Avatar Appearance and Role Labels in Language use in a Virtual Environment. Human Communication and Technology Division, Communication and the Future Division of National Communication Association Convention. Chicago IL.

Jarmon, L., & Sanchez, J. (2008) The Educators Coop: A Virtual World Model for Real World Collaboration. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T). Columbus, OH (October 24 – 29, 2008).

Sanchez, J. (2007). Second Life: An Interactive Qualitative Analysis. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (pp. 1240-1243). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Sanchez, J. (2007). A Sociotechnical Systems Analysis of Second Life in an Undergraduate English Course. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2007 (pp. 4254-4258). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Mayrath, M., Sanchez, J., Traphagan, T., Heikes, J. & Trivedi, A. (2007). Using Second Life in an English course: Designing class activities to address learning objectives. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2007 (pp. 4219-4224). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Sanchez, J., Svinicki, M., McGregor, A. & Kim, M. (2005). Creating Online Faculty Development Resources Through IRIS: Information Resources with Instructional Strategies. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (pp. 1224-1226). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Deloca, D. & Sanchez, J. (2003). Web Video as an Administrative Solution. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (pp. 1548-1549). Chesapeake, VA: AACE..

Rhodes, S. & Sanchez, J. (2002). Assessing out-of-the-box thinkers: Professional development for IT support staff. In P. Barker & S. Rebelsky (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2002 (pp. 1637-1639). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. 


External grant projects:

A National Forum on Integrating Computational Thinking into LIS Youth Services Courses $150,000 Institute for Museum and Library Services CoPI with Dr. Jenifer Moore at Texas Women’s University

Diversity by Design: Scaling and Fostering Diverse and Inclusive Intergenerational Communities of Practice. $390,749 Institute for Museum and Library Services. Co-PI with Dr. Kayla Booth, University of Pittsburgh and Dr. Elizabeth Eikey University of California Irvine.

Interdisciplinary Design Program Incorporating Design-Make-Play Methods in Undergraduate General Education. $1,499,663 National Science Foundation Co-PI with Dr. Eva Fernandez, Matthew Greco & Dr. Chris Vickery


Spectrum of Publications and Talks:

Global Youth Culture, Social Distancing, and a New Civil Rights Movement: School Libraries in the 21st Century. The American Association of School Librarians Closing Keynote. Salt Lake City, UT.  Oct 2021

Cooke, N. A. & Sánchez, J. (Eds.).  (2019). A Critical Dialogue: Faculty of Color in Library  and Information Science. [Special Issue] Journal of Education in Library and Information Science. 60(3).  

Moore, J., Sanchez, J., & Tudor. A. (2021). "Weaving a Storytelling Tapestry using Computational Thinking." International Association of School Librarianship. Selected Papers from the Annual Conference: 1-11.  

Sanchez, J. (2018) “What are they doing, like, in a library”: Mexican American Experiences in their High School Library. Journal of Young Adult Services. Vol. 116, No. 4 pp. 26-29

Sanchez, J & Malyk, M. (2015). In Humanistic Defense of Geronimo. The American Mosaic: The American Indian Experience. ABC-CLIO Social 

Sanchez, Joe (2018, February) “F**K That”: Why Fake News and Weaponization of Information are Good for LIS. Association for Information Science Education. Denver, Co.