Overview
Jaime Snyder is a doctoral candidate at the School of Information Studies. Her research focuses on the creation of visual information during multimodal communication. She is currently working on a dissertation study addressing the concept of image-enabled discourse, with an emphasis on drawing as an information-driven communication practice. This work draws on theories from linguistic anthropology and discourse studies in order to expand the ways that images and image-making are studied in information science.
Within the school, she is serves as Liaison for Interdiscplinary Curriculum Development, focusing on a year long initiative entitled Common Ground and devoted to exploring synergies between the iSchool and the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Prior to this appointment, she served for two years as a research assistant in the iSchool’s Center for Digital Literacy (CDL).
Before entering the doctoral program, Snyder was a practicing artist. She has also worked in the web development industry as an interactive producer, information architect, and strategist. Through these experiences she developed, and continues to have, strong interests in multidisciplinary collaborations, visual communication and user-centered approaches to the organization of information.
She holds an MFA in painting from Stanford University and a BFA in painting and glassworking from Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Snyder has taught courses in studio art, digital media, web design, interaction design and information presentation.
Research Interests
Areas of dissertation research interest
Creation and use of visual information; image-enabled discourse; multimodal discourse and communication
Other research projects and intitatives
Liaison for Interdiscplinary Curriculum Development
Common Ground: A Year of Exploration between the iSchool and the College of Visual and Performing Arts
Reporting to: Elizabeth D. Liddy, Dean, and Robert Heckman, Senior Associate Dean
School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
September 2009 – present
Contributing investigator
Understanding Connotative Meaning in Text
Co-PIs: Michael D’Eredita, Elizabeth D. Liddy, Ozgur Yimazel
Center for Natural Language Processing, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
January 2007 – present
Contributing investigator
The Role of Art and Design in Technical Professional Pedagogy
PI: Robert Heckman
School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
November 2006 – present
Research associate: Research grants development
Reporting to: Jeffrey Stanton, Associate Dean for Research
School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
September 2007 – August 2008, May 2009 – August 2009
Research associate: Study coordinator
Impact of New York State School Library Media Programs on Student Learning and Motivation
PI: Ruth V. Small
Center for Digital Literacy, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
August 2006 – May 2008
Contributing investigator
The Library as Conversation: Participatory Librarianship
PI: R. David Lankes
Information Institute of Syracuse, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
June 2007 – December 2007
Teaching Interests
Snyder has taught courses on:
- Studio art (Painting, Drawing, 3D design)
- Digital media
- Web design
- Interaction design
- Information presentation
In the future, she is interested in teaching courses on:
- Survey of visual information research
- Visual narrative
- Concepts of documentation related to art and design
- Multimodal discourse analysis
Professional Interests
- Image-enabled discourse
- Multimodal interactional analysis
- Multimodal discourse studies
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Visual information
- Visualization as a communicative process
Personal Interests
- Yoga
- Sailing
- Hiking
- Camping
- Ocean