Assistant Professor, Kent State University School of Library and Information Science
Dr. Roland is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church, Kansas East Conference. He served five congregations in two appointments in eleven years of local church ministry and is currently assigned to honorable location at Kent State University.
Dr. Roland's research is in the area of information and religion, specifically in the study of the Sunday sermon as a knowledge product and its effect on social epistemology. Dr. Roland is the primary investigator at the Center for the Study of Information and Religion and he publishes the blog Breche de Roland in order to share information about his qualitative research and the use of Dervin's Sense-Making Methodology as an interpretative framework.
At Kent State University, Roland teaches "Access to Information", a required course in the Master of Library and Information Science degree program. The course explores the social impact of information technology and Roland incorporates said technology into his pedagogy to include social networking, blogging, and more.
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