{"id":37,"date":"2022-02-10T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T10:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/?p=37"},"modified":"2025-06-19T22:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T22:59:14","slug":"brenda-dervin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/brenda-dervin\/","title":{"rendered":"Brenda Dervin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Conversation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Episode 6 Brenda Dervin<br><em>Professor Emeritus of Communication, Theorist, Methodologist<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conversation with Brenda Dervin, Professor Emeritus of Communication, Ohio State University, Fellow and first Female President of the International Communication Association, famous for her Sense-Making Theory and Methodology, which has been widely adopted and applied by researchers in library and information science, communication, and other disciplines, who talks about her life including misogyny, contempt, neck injury, disability, and her refusal to be slotted or to slot people into categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trailer (1:01)<\/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=\"Trailer - In Conversation E6 Brenda Dervin\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DIWrTQXx0Ls?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 (02:17:35)<\/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 E6 Brenda Dervin\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VneXr3rzMyU?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>Timecodes<br>00:00:00 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">About the interview<\/a><br>00:00:46 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=46s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Introducing Brenda Dervin<\/a><br>00:05:20 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=5m20s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Her Childhood<\/a><br>00:08:23 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=8m23s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Misogyny in her academic life<\/a><br>00:13:00 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=13m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What led to her career in academia<\/a><br>00:47:17 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=47m17s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Significant turning points in her career<\/a><br>01:00:53 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=1h0m53s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thoughts on context<\/a><br>01:09:15 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=1h9m15s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Things she&#8217;s good at<\/a><br>01:14:19 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=1h14m19s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Role of serendipity in turning points of her career<\/a><br>01:16:39 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=1h16m39s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Perspectives on information science field<\/a><br>01:24:18 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=1h24m18s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contribution to LIS and Communications fields<\/a><br>01:28:38 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=1h28m38s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biggest successes<\/a><br>01:36:54 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=1h36m54s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People who have influenced her work<\/a><br>01:46:57 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=1h46m57s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Books that have influenced her<\/a><br>01:48:30 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=1h48m30s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Key skills that have helped over the years<\/a><br>01:52:06 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=1h52m06s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Something she wishes she knew earlier in life<\/a><br>01:54:46 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=1h54m46s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Life principles and values<\/a><br>01:58:52 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=1h58m52s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What happiness means<\/a><br>02:02:24 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=2h2m24s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Current Goals<\/a><br>02:06:38 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=2h6m38s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mentoring advice<\/a><br>02:17:32 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VneXr3rzMyU?t=2h17m32s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bloopers and Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More about Brenda Dervin <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brenda_Dervin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia &#8211; Brenda Dervin<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sensemaking_(information_science)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia &#8211; Sensemaking<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=ORFiUwQAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interview was supported by the COCIS Innovation Fund at Simmons University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Conversation Episode 6 Brenda DervinProfessor Emeritus of Communication, Theorist, Methodologist In conversation with Brenda Dervin, Professor Emeritus of Communication, Ohio State University, Fellow and first Female President of the International Communication Association, famous for her Sense-Making Theory and Methodology, which has been widely adopted and applied by researchers in library and information science, communication, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/brenda-dervin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Brenda Dervin&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-interviews","category-leadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37","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=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions\/139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}