Sarah Polkinghorne

Dr. Sarah Polkinghorne studies the nature and role of information in people's lives. She focuses on everyday human information practices, with abiding interests in food life and embodiment, as well as ongoing transformations in scholarly publishing and research practices. Dr. Polkinghorne is the co-convenor of the Research Engagement and Societal Impact theme within RMIT's Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences for Health (HASH) transdisciplinary research network. She has published in venues such as the Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Library Trends, and Information Research. She has taught in postgraduate library and information science programs in Canada, and is a past President of the Canadian Association for Information Science.