Information Behavior and Practices
Current Projects
- Assessing diary methods used in information behavior research
- Reflections on the use of diary methods in information behavior research: Lessons learned from a diary-based mixed methods dissertation study with LGBTQ university students
Publications
Wang, S. (2025). LGBTQ university students’ information seeking and sharing in queer online communities on social media: An ecological socio-technical perspective (Publication No. 32164894) [Doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. https://www.proquest.com/openview/8f106103ea7fec0e9beaa871c2b06aa8/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
Wang, S. (2024, October 14–17). Information seeking and sharing among LGBTQ university students: Dynamics within LGBTQ communities on social media. [Poster presentation]. ALISE 2024 Annual Conference, Portland, OR, United States. https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2024.1764
HCI, UX, and Emerging Technologies
Current Projects
- Assessing usability and sociability of queer online communities on social media
Publications
Xie, I., Wang, S., Lee, H. S., & Lee, T. H. (2025). Assessing digital library accessibility: Compliance and violations. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09610006251357032
Xie, I., Choi, W., Lee, H. S., Hong, B. H., & Wang, S. (2025). Investigating the interactions between individuals with disabilities and information retrieval systems: A review of help‐seeking situations, search tactics, and design recommendations. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST). https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24997
Xie, I., Choi, W., Wang, S., Lee, H.S., Hong, B.H., Wang, N-C, Cudjoe, E.K. (2024) Help-seeking situations related to visual interactions on mobile platforms and recommended designs for blind and visually impaired users. Journal of Imaging, 10(8), 205. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging10080205
Xie, I., Wang, S., Lee, H. S., & Lee, T. H. (2023). Designing digital libraries to support blind and visually impaired users: A methodological reflection on a large-scale project. Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, 12(4), 529–547. https://qqml-journal.net/index.php/qqml/article/view/849
Xie, I., Wang, S., Lee, T. H., & Lee, H. S. (2023). Blind and visually impaired users’ interactions with digital libraries: Help-seeking situations in mobile and desktop environments. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2023.2260673
Xie, I., Lee, T. H., Lee, H. S., Wang, S., & Babu, R. (2023). Comparison of accessibility and usability of digital libraries in mobile platforms: Blind and visually impaired users’ assessment. Information Research, 28(3), 59–82. Retrieved from https://informationr.net/infres/article/view/337
Xie, I., Babu, R., Wang, S., Lee, H. S., & Lee, T. H. (2022). Assessment of digital library design guidelines to support blind and visually impaired users: a study of key stakeholders’ perspectives. The Electronic Library, 40(6), 646–661. https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.uwm.edu/10.1108/EL-05-2022-0126
- Xie, I., Babu, R., Lee, T. H., Wang, S., & Lee, H. S. (2021). Coping tactics of blind and visually impaired users: Responding to help-seeking situations in the digital library environment. Information Processing & Management, 58(5), 102612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2021.102612
Artificial Intelligence in LIS
Current Projects
- Conceptualize “community” in queer eyes: An AI-assisted thematic analysis
Health Informatics and Well-Being
Current Projects
- Understanding user experience in mHealth apps for depression
Publications
- Wang, S., Lee, H. S., & Choi, W. (2021). A feature-oriented analysis of developers’ descriptions and user reviews of top mHealth applications for diabetes and hypertension. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 156, 104598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104598
- Choi, W., Wang, S., Lee, Y., Oh, H., & Zheng, Z. (2020). A systematic review of mobile health technologies to support self-management of concurrent diabetes and hypertension. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 27(6), 939–945. https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.uwm.edu/10.1093/jamia/ocaa029
Wang, S., Lee, H., & Choi, W. (2019, October 19–23). Assessing the informativeness of user reviews on mobile health applications for chronic diseases. [Poster presentation]. The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Melbourne, Australia. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.178