{"id":195,"date":"2026-05-21T18:14:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/?p=195"},"modified":"2026-05-21T20:40:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:40:27","slug":"diane-sonnenwald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/diane-sonnenwald\/","title":{"rendered":"Diane Sonnenwald"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Conversation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Episode 16 Diane Sonnenwald<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emerita Professor and Emerita Chair<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conversation with Diane Sonnenwald, Emerita Professor and Emerita Chair at the University College Dublin, creator of the information horizon theory, and Past President of the Association for Information Science &amp; Technology. She talked about working in a male dominated field, moving to Europe, and the information horizons theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trailer (1:00)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trailer - In Conversation E16 Diane Sonnenwald\" width=\"443\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xsXSs9p9v6o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview (1:43:21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In Conversation E16 Diane Sonnenwald\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ICif3CXxGY0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Timecodes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:00 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trailer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:55 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=55\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Intro<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3:51 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Childhood<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8:16 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bell Laboratories and Rutgers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15:51 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Move to Academia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>17:55 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=1075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kindergarten&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>19:53 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=1193\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Programming at Prudential<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>21:32 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=1292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Woman in Male-dominated Field<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>26:54 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=1614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Changes in the Field<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>29:22 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=1762\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Significant Turning Points in Career<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>38:04 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=2284\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Key Skills<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>43:11 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=2591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moving from the US to Europe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>51:13 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=3073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Information Horizons Theory<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:03:38 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=3818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Influences<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:09:37 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=4177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Planning<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:13:28 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=4408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biggest Successes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:18:22 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=4702\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resilience<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:31:15 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=5475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ok to Rest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:31:26 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=5486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Life Lessons<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:38:51 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=5931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Small Pleasures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:39:09 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=5949\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Goals<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:40:07 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ICif3CXxGY0?t=6007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mentoring Advice<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interview was supported by the ASIS&amp;T Bob Williams Research Grant 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More about Diane Sonnenwald <a href=\"https:\/\/people.ucd.ie\/diane.sonnenwald\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University College Dublin<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=K0OPU7wAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/diane-h-sonnenwald-2688a7a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Conversation Episode 16 Diane Sonnenwald Emerita Professor and Emerita Chair In conversation with Diane Sonnenwald, Emerita Professor and Emerita Chair at the University College Dublin, creator of the information horizon theory, and Past President of the Association for Information Science &amp; 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She talked about working in a male dominated field, moving to Europe, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/diane-sonnenwald\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Diane Sonnenwald&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,61,58],"tags":[24,25,31,2,35,67,6],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-interviews","category-information-science","category-leadership","tag-advice","tag-childhood","tag-influences","tag-information-science","tag-mentoring","tag-naresh-agarwal","tag-professor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions\/218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}