Aloha and welcome!
I am an Associate Professor in the Library and Information
Science Program, which is part of the Information and
Computer Science Department at the University of Hawaii.
My research is focused on international, interdisciplinary
and comparative inquiry into intellectual freedom (access
to information as a human right), international
librarianship, literacy, the history of books and
libraries, book burning, genocide, and the link between
extremism and cultural destruction.
For information about my lastest book, Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist Violence and Cultural Destruction, please refer to the Publications section. You can also find information about my other book, Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the 20th Century, in the same location.