Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Science
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Education

Ph.D. (Library and Information Management), Emporia State University, 2008

Dissertation Title: Interpreting Scripture in Contemporary Times: A Study of a Clergy Member's Sense-Making Behavior in Preparing the Sunday Sermon 

MLS, Emporia State University, 1995

M.Div., Wesley Theological Seminary, 1987

B.A. (Sociology) Mid-America Nazarene University, 1980

Research Interests: The information behavior of clergy in the routine task of sermon preparation and the influence of sermons in the social construction of knowledge. 

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, 2008-present 

Director of Academic Programs, School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University, 1996-2008

Adjunct Faculty, School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University, 2003-2007

Information Specialist, Koch Crime Commission, 1995-1996

Minister, United Methodist Church, Kansas East Annual Conference, 1984-1995 

Publications

Refereed Journals: 

Roland,D. and Wicks, D. (in press). A Conversational Model for Qualitative Research: A Case Study of Clergy and Religious Knowledge. Australian Academic and Research LibrariesJournal.

Roland,D. and Wicks, D. (2009). Qualitative Research in the New Century: Map Points in Insider Research. (Abstract refereed). Canadian Association of Information Science, Conference Proceedings. http://www.cais-acsi.ca/proceedings/2009/Wicks_Roland_2009.pdf 

Afzal, W., Roland, D., and Al-Squri, M. (2009). Information Asymmetry and Product Valuation: An Exploratory Study. Journal of Information Science Vol. 35, No. 2 pp. 192-203.

Book Chapter:

Maintaining high touch for effective distance education. In D. Barron, editor, Creating Opportunities for Distance Learners: Models from Library and Information Science.  2003, pp. 23-27. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited

Non-refereed Journal articles:

Roland, D. (1998). Going the distance for a library science education: a report on the SLIM distance education program in Nebraska. Nebraska Library Association Quarterly, 28(4), 9-16

Roland, D. (1998). The MLS for distance learners: A case study.  Business & Finance Bulletin 109, 53-56. Business and Finance Division, Special Libraries Association

Roland, D. (2003). Emporia State University provides education options for the Colorado library profession. Colorado Libraries, 29(2), 23-25

Selected Presentations

The Sunday Sermon as Knowledge Product: An Exercise in Social Epistemology. The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, October 2009, Denver CO 

Clergy Member Sense-Making Behavior and the Sermon Preparation Task. Southwestern Commission on Religious Studies, March 2008, Dallas TX
 

Relating faith to the contemporary world: A study of a clergy member’s sense-making behavior in preparing the Sunday sermon. Connections 2007, Drexel University

The challenges and benefits of insider status: A critique of a single-case study of the Sense-Making behavior of a clergy member and the interpretation of Scripture.. Midwest Sociological Society annual meeting March 2008, St. Louis MO