Jelina Haines is a Filipino-born -Australian with an ancestral link to Indigenous Americas-Mexico. Jelina Haines received her PhD in Computer Science and Technology at the School of UniSA - STEM, University of South Australia and was an invited scholar at the University of Arizona. Jelina has 21 years of live-in experience working alongside the Indigenous Elders community as a project lead manager, cultural curator/liaison, art instructor/product development and visual art designer to preserve specified cultural heritage and traditional knowledge.
Jelina's research expertise is in qualitative community-based participatory research and video ethnography of human information behaviour, user experience and design needs, knowledge creation, translation, synthesis and ethical dissemination of cultural stories and communal practices. Haines's doctoral study redefined traditional learning by merging art and technology. She uses video dialogue interviews and data visualization of living culture, tradition, and history, integrating Storytellers' voices, experiences and practices shared in their unique social and cultural contexts.
She has published in top journals and conferences in her field, including JASIST, ASIST&T, IR, and JALIA and delivered 18 keynote and invited talks at conferences/workshops in Australia and overseas universities. Her community projects have attracted more than AU$366,000.00 in government and industry project funding. Jelina has served as a Reviewer in ASIS&T, IFLA, The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI), and the Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. Her teaching experience predominantly focused on informal mentoring of primary and high school and master’s students from marginalized communities. Jelina was the brainchild and mentor of the SIG-DL HINDAS Project and content editor of the SG-DL Newsletter. Currently serving as ASIS&T Membership Committee, SIG Steering Committee Member, SIG-IEP Chair and was formerly the SIG-DL Chair and SIG-VIS Co-chair.
In the academic field, Jelina has accumulated many awards;
2024: ‘Top Downloaded Article Award, A Framework for Co‐designing and Developing Participatory Storymaps with Aboriginal Communities, in Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology between 1st January 2022-31st December 2022, Wiley
2023: Nominated for the prestigious South Australian Science Excellence and Innovation – PhD Research Excellence Award
2022: Michael Miller Medal Award- High Commendation (STEM Academic Unit) in recognition of the most exceptional PhD thesis, University of South Australia
2022: ASIS&T ProQuest Doctoral Dissertation Award
2022: Best Information Behavior Conference Early Career Paper Award, SIG-USE (85th ASIS&T)
2022: 3rd Prize, ASIS&T 24-Hour Global Conference, Asia-Pacific Quiz portion.
2021: Finalist -Images of Research: Engaged Research, Enterprising Researcher Photography Competition, UniSA
2020: Finalist - South Australian Winnovation Award, State Award
2019: Finalist South Australian of the Year Awards – Local Hero, State Award
2019: Best Information Behavior Conference Poster Award, SIG-USE (82nd ASIS&T)
2019: Best Information Behavior Innovation Award, SIG-USE (82nd ASIS&T)
2018: Best Information Behavior Conference Poster Award, SIG-USE (81st ASIS&T)
2018: Digital Liaisons Best Student Poster Award, SIG-DL (81st ASIS&T)
2018: 2nd Place - Visualize Your Thesis Competition in 60 seconds, University of South Australia (UniSA)
2018: People's Choice Best Poster, 3 Minute Thesis Research Competition, University of South Australia (UniSA)
2017: First Prize Winner-Images of Research: Engaged Research, Enterprising Researcher Photography Competition, UniSA
2017: Bronze Award-Emotive Portraits Category, National Photography Award, Australia
In the Arts Field, Jelina received the Advantage South Australian Regional Awards in the Arts Category, honouring her outstanding contribution to the Indigenous Community and creative industries. At the international level, her collaborative woven sculpture artworks are held in the public collection at LeHarve Museum, France, the National Gallery Australia, the South Australian Museum and the South Australian Maritime Museum. Her wearable artworks are privately collected in Australia, the UK, New Zealand, Canada, the USA, Japan, Egypt, Johannesburg, Russia, Sweden, Malta, Taiwan, China, France, Italy and the Philippines. Jelina lives in Gawler with her husband and son and collaborates with the Indigenous Elders at Camp Coorong, South Australia.
Access link to her thesis
Haines, J. (2021) Researching the knowledge journey practices of Indigenous Elders relevant to the younger generation: a community-based participatory study [Thesis] University of South Australia. Website: https://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/27882