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When doctoral research while being a working class academic feels overwhelming, an important motivation for continuing is the ability to contribute to equitable access. The project described in this interview explains some about my research assistantship with Dr. Colin Rhinesmith on the IMLS funded work “Measuring Library Broadband Networks for the National Digital Platform (LG-71-18-0110-18).” … Continue reading On equitable access and research triangles

I’m very excited to receive NE-ASIS&T Annual Travel Award for the Student category.  Here is the essay I wrote in order to receive the award: Throughout my professional practice, ASIS&T has been an integral part of my research and my central source for networking opportunities. At the 2018 Annual Meeting, I plan on attending multiple … Continue reading NE-ASIS&T Travel Award – Student, 2018

My teaching portfolio for my doctoral-level pedagogy course is available here.  It was a pleasure to consider my teaching experience thus far and create new materials. As a former instruction librarian, I was reminded this semester of how much I love teaching and enjoy incorporating new ideas into the classroom. This happened to be my … Continue reading Teaching Portfolio

I just turned in my first research portfolio as a doctoral student. It’s a beautiful mess, complete with a front page typo, that you can view here. In this semester, I tried to form a basis for future research, which involved a lot of reading about how different people define (or do not define) “information” … Continue reading Beautiful Messiness: A Research Portfolio

For our cohort’s first course together, I gave my first presentation about my PhD research yesterday. It’s nothing brilliant, and I feel rather like this guy, but still wanted to share. The slides and notes are publicly available, which may be a terrible idea from a grant-competitive perspective, but I don’t consider my doctorate to … Continue reading My First PhD Presentation

The chapter is here! The chapter is here! Last year, my students and colleagues (and students-who-are-now-colleagues) and I collaborated on a chapter for the 2017 ACRL publication Undergraduate Research and the Academic Librarian: Case Studies and Best Practices, edited by Merinda Kaye Hensley and Stephanie Davis-Kahl. We are so excited to announce that the chapter … Continue reading Teaching students metaliteracy by creating an undergraduate research journal

I became a librarian in order to help connect people with information that will improve their lives. For one of my first doctoral courses, I submitted a statement of purpose to explain what I want to investigate in order to further this pursuit. Note: This statement of purpose is closely related to the one I … Continue reading Statement of Purpose