Rate My Professor Joy Doan

Joy Marie Doan serves as Assistant Professor of Practice in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's College of Communication and Information, a position she assumed on January 1, 2021. She earned her B.A. in English Literature and Music from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 2008, M.A. in Music History from Case Western Reserve University in 2010, and M.L.I.S. from San Jose State University in 2014. Before joining UTK, Doan was head of the Marta & Austin Weeks Music Library at the University of Miami, a lecturer in the Department of Library and Information Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a music instruction and research librarian at Northwestern University Libraries. Earlier roles include positions at California State University, Northridge, and the University of California, Los Angeles.

Doan's research interests include academic librarianship, information organization, and archives and records management. She presented "Music Collections in Academic Libraries: Taking Advantage of a New Age of Technology in Decentralization & Data Management" at the 2022 CCI Research Symposium. Her scholarly contributions feature conference presentations on topics such as FRBR & RDA: CONSIDERATIONS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES MUSIC LIBRARIANS, microaggressions as barriers to collaborative pedagogy, status microaggressions in academic libraries, and diversity in the Music Library Association. Notable publications comprise "Examining Status Microaggressions and Academic Libraries" co-authored with Ahmed Alwan (Library Journal, April 27, 2017), "Moving library research from palm trees to gondolas" with Ahmed Alwan (Oviatt Spotlight, September 2016), a review of "SPORTsDiscus with Full Text" with Marcia Henry, and a book review of "Music for Silent Film: A Guide to North American Resources" (Notes, 2018). Her master's thesis, "The Innocent Diversion on Screen: The Narrative Function Of Film Music in Adaptations Based on the Works of Jane Austen," reflects her early interests in music and media.