Charlie D. Hurt

Charlie D. Hurt, Ph.D. (born 1950) is an American information scientist specializing in scientific and technical information transfer among scientists and engineers which describes social networks and networks of information. In addition to his research interests, he is an academic administrator having held positions at the University of Arizona, West Chester University, and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

Early life & education

Charlie Hurt was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, the first of two sons born to Charlie D. Hurt, Jr. (1918–1989); architect and Timie Young Hurt (1916–2002); executive secretary and homemaker.

Hurt spent his formative years in Waynesboro, Virginia where he lived until he went to high school in Richmond, Virginia. Following his graduation, he attended the University of Virginia and received a Bachelor of Arts degree (1972) with a double major in English literature and religious studies. Hurt holds a Master of Science degree (1975) in information science from the University of Kentucky, and Doctor of Philosophy degree (1981) also in information science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Career

After completing his doctoral degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1981, Hurt was appointed an Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at McGill University where he taught until 1984. While at McGill he was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. He joined the faculty of the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College as an Associate Professor in 1984, leaving in 1986 to join the faculty of the School of Information Resources and Library Science at the University of Arizona as Associate Professor and Director. He was promoted to Professor in 1991.

While on the faculty at the University of Arizona, he directed the School of Information Resources and Library Science, was the Head of the Near Eastern Studies Department, and served as Associate Dean, Acting Dean, and Interim Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the largest and most diverse college at the University. He held academic appointments in the Department of Communication and in the Department of Anthropology (now the School of Anthropology). He has significant experience in technology transfer, research policy, and distance education at the institution and system levels.

In 2002, he left the University of Arizona to become Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at West Chester University. He spent four years as dean before moving to the University of Wisconsin—River Falls to assume the position of Vice Chancellor and Provost. In 2007, he stepped down from the position of Vice Chancellor and Provost and moved to a faculty role as Professor of Computer Science and Information Systems.

In addition to his administrative activities, Hurt was twice elected to the Faculty Senate at Arizona, served on the Board of the Chester County (PA) Chamber of Commerce, and is a member of the River Falls Chamber of Commerce. He regularly serves as a referee for a number of journals in the information science field. He has also obtained over US$2.4 million in sponsored research, grants, and contracts, including a US$1.4 million dollar National Science Foundation grant, Award 0345352, “Building Capacity to Develop Network Intrusion Detection Systems.”

Awards and memberships

• New York Academy of Science, Elected Member
• IEEE
• Association for Computing Machinery
• The Computer Society
• Phi Kappa Phi
• Sigma Beta Delta

Selected publications

Articles

• Automatically Generated Keywords: A Comparison to Author-Generated Keywords in the Sciences, Journal of Information and Organizational Science 34(1):81-88 (2010).
• Influence Diagrams and Multiple Experts: A Preliminary Model, Expert Systems 27(4):231-310 (2010).
• Nonmonotonic Logic for Use in Information Retrieval: An Exploratory Paper, Information Processing and Management 34:35–41 (1998). doi: 10.1016/S0306-4573(97)00036-8
• Classification and Subject Analysis: Looking to the Future at a Distance, Cataloging and Classification Quarterly 24:97–112 (1997). doi: 10.1300/J104v24n01_07
• Modeling the Literature of Superstring Theory: A Case of Fast Literature, [with John M. Budd] Scientometrics 24:471–480 (1992). doi: 10.1007/BF02051042
• Superstring Theory: Information Transfer in an Emerging Field, [with John M. Budd]. Scientometrics 21:87–98 (1991).
• Conceptual Citation Differences in Science, Technology, and Social Sciences Literature, Information Processing and Management 23:1–6 (1987). doi: 10.1016/0306-4573(87)90033-1
• Stratospheric Aerosols: The Transfer of Scientific Information, LISR 8:243–260 (1986).
• Conceptual Citation Frequency: Quantum Mechanics and Elementary Particle Physics, Czechoslovak Journal of Physics B36:62–64 (1986). doi: 10.1007/BF01599728

Books

• Information Sources in Science and Technology, third edition. (Littleton, CO, Libraries Unlimited, 1998). ISBN 1563085283.
• Information Sources in Science and Technology, second edition. (Littleton, CO, Libraries Unlimited, 1994). ISBN 1563080346.
• Scientific and Technical Literature: An Introduction to Forms of Communication. (Chicago, IL: ALA, 1990). [with Richard D. Walker]. ISBN 0838905390
• Information Sources in Science and Technology, (Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1988). ISBN 0-8728-75822

Chapters

• Leadership in Organizational Transitions, IN Johnson, Michael J., Donald E. Hanna, and Don Olcott, Jr., eds. Bridging the Gap: Leadership, Technology, and Organizational Change for University Deans and Chairs (Madison, WI: Atwood Publishing, 2003) pp. 97–107. ISBN 189185948X

References

Hurt Named Provost At UW-River Falls

External links

• C. D. Hurt -- C. D. Hurt's Website
• C. D. Hurt -- C. D. Hurt's UWRF website