Teaching & Administrative Experience

Photos above are from a class-led trip to Denmark in 2016: International Children's Literature and Librarianship. 
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Kent State University
Courses Designed and Taught
  • Online Course: LIS 61095: Social Justice and Youth Engagement 
  • Hybrid course CCI 51095: “The Real World” Cuba: Examining Gen Z Pop Culture Across Borders (co-designed with Wendy Wardell – course is to be scheduled) 
  • Hybrid course LIS 61095: Critical Theory and Children’s Literature
  • Hybrid course LIS 61905: International Children’s Literature and Librarianship which spends two of ten weeks in Denmark
  • Hybrid course LIS 60627: Art and Story: The Study of Picturebook Art, which uses the Marantz collection as a resource
  • Online course LIS 60675: Youth Literature in the Digital Realm
  • Designed two syllabi for proposed undergraduate minor called “Information, People, and Society" ​
 
Core Courses Taught
  • Online core class: LIS 60030: People in the Information Ecology 
  • Online core class for youth services librarianship: LIS 60629: Materials and Services for the School Age Child 
  • Online core class: LIS 60600: Foundations of Library & Information Science​

​Doctoral Committee Advisor
(2015-2023). Advisor for Christine Andersen. 
Comprehensive Exams: February 19, 2020. Defense: March 2, 2020.
Proposal Defense: April 6, 2022.
Dissertation Defense: April 24, 2024. (passed!)
 
Doctoral Committee Member
  • (2024). Committee Member, Jeeyeon Chun. [title to come]. Kent State University. 
  • ​(2024-April). External Examiner, Amanda Schoonens.  Exploring Digital Media Ecologies of Young Adult Fiction: Teen Readers and Online Participatory Culture. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
  • (2023-September). External Committee Member, Amanda Daignault. The trilogy paradox: Experiments in contemporary children’s book studies. University of Alberta, Department of English. Chair: Gary Kelly, Ph.D. Defended September 20, 2023. 
  • (2023-April). External Committee Member, Andrew Nguyen Zalot. “Tweet of the Town:” Synthesizing local and social media discourse on book bans. University of Illinois, School of Information Sciences. Proposal Defense: May 2, 2023. 
  • (2022-March). Outside Examiner, Ming Zhang’s Dissertation: Slash fan fiction in China: Negotiating gender and sexuality in Chinese female fan communities and their fan texts. Bournemouth University, Media and Communication School, Bournemouth UK. Chair: Bronwen Thomas, Ph.D. Defended, March 31, 2022.
  • (2015-June 2021). Outside Committee Member, J. Elizabeth Mills’ Dissertation: Never the same storytime twice: An exploration of the role of reflection in public library storytime assessment. University of Washington. Chair: Michelle Martin. Defended, June 2, 2021.
  • (2020, June 29). Graduate Faculty Representative for Abdulrahman Almarshedy. The educational experiences of Saudi male students at a large midwestern public university. Kent State University, College of Education, Health, and Human Services. 
  • (2016-2019). Outside Committee Member, Alaine Martaus’ Dissertation: Mentoring literacy and reading engagement in the Nerdfighter community. Chair: Dr. Kate McDowell. Other committee members: Dr. Rachel Magee, and Dr. Christine Jenkins. Defended April 2019.
  • (2014-2017). Outside Committee Member, Melissa Novak’s Dissertation: Case studies listening to students using kinesthetic movement while learning to graph linear functions with Dr. Joanne Caniglia (chair), Dr. Steven Turner, and Dr. Walter Gerson. Proposal defense September 4, 2015. Candidate successfully defended in May 2017.
  • (2015-2016). Outside Committee Member, Norma Jones’ Dissertation: Drivers and Danica, start Your engines! The case of Danica Patrick in NASCAR with co-chairs Dr. Theresa Walton-Fisette and Dr. Federico Subervi, Dr. Suzy D’Embeau, and Dr. William Kist.  Candidate successfully defended in March, 2016. 
  • (2012-2014). Outside Committee Member, Terry D. Benton’s Dissertation: The availability of award-winning multicultural children’s and young adult literature in public libraries in northeast Ohio with Chair Dr. Wendy Kasten and Dr. William Bintz. Candidate successfully defended in December, 2014. ​

External Reviewer - Promotion to Associate
  • External Reviewer for Promotion to Associate Professor, University of Kentucky, School of Information Science. Summer/Fall 2023.

Master’s Thesis Committee Member
  • (2015). Outside Committee Member, Cori Ianeggi’s Master’s Thesis: Exploring Visitors’ Lived Experiences in Memorial Museums with Chair, Dr. Kiersten Latham, Dr. Karen Gracy, and Dr. Mindy Farmer.

Teacher Training
  • July 16, 2021: Quality Matters: Improving Your Online Course (IYOC) 
  • July 2021: Online Teaching Orientation and Refresher 003 (online workshop).
  • July 1, 2021: Canvas – Beyond the Basics 
  • June 29, 2021: First Look @ Canvas!
  • June 28, 2021: Canvas-Making the Switch from Blackboard
 
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
 
Administrator for new undergraduate minor: Digital Communication, Information, and Media. (Fall 2010-Summer 2012).
 
Instructor:
  • The Structure of Information. Undergraduate, hybrid course
  • Capstone Course in DCIM. Undergraduate, hybrid course
  • Leadership in Digital Contexts. Undergraduate, hybrid course
  • Digital Libraries. Graduate Level, MLIS Program
  • Gender & Technology. Undergraduate course in the Information, Technology, and Informatics (ITI) Program
 
Teaching Assistant to Professor Paul Kantor:
  • Internet and the Information Environment: A Quantitative Approach. Undergraduate course in the ITI Program
 
City College of New York, Publishing Certificate Program
 
Instructor:
  • Publishing for Young Readers with Wendy Lamb

Guest Lectures​
  • Bookish Fandom and the Bookternet. Invited guest lecture for Dr. Marija Dalbello’s The History of Books, Records and Documents in Print and Electronic Environments class, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. (April 2024)
  • Fandom through the lens of Harry Potter (and beyond). Invited guest lecture for Dr. Melanie Ramdarshan-Bold’s Publishing and Book Cultures Class. University College London. (March 2021).
  • The forever fandom of Harry Potter: Fan fiction, festivals, and charitable works. Guest lecture for Dr. Annette Goldsmith in 60675 Youth Literature in the Digital Realm. Kent State School of Information. (February 2020). 
  • International librarianship: A focus on youth. Guest Lecture for Dr. Athena Salaba in LIS 60668 International and Comparative Librarianship. Kent State School of Information. (February 2020). 
  • Lecture on USAID Nigeria Project. Kent State, School of Visual Communication Design, Professor Gretchen Rinnert’s class on Interaction Design. (January 22, 2020). 
  • Lecture on in-progress fandom book. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Communication and Information. Delivered guest lecture for Dr. Marija Dalbello’s History of the Book class. (March 21, 2018). 
  • Young people’s online information behavior. University of Illinois, School of Information Sciences. Delivered guest lecture for Dr. Nicole Cooke’s Human Information Behavior class. (February 28, 2018). 
  • Protecting youth in online environments: Whose job is it anyway? Brown Bag Research Talk, Center for Children’s Books, University of Illinois, School of Information Sciences. (March 1, 2018). 
  • Little Red Riding Hood and beyond. Guest lecture for Doug Goldsmith’s Character Development class (Visual Communication Design). Kent State University. (November 14, 2016). 
  • From children’s books to global citizenship: International children’s literature and subversive cultural exchange. Speaker in Dr. Annette Goldsmith, Katie Campana, and Elizabeth Mills’ synchronous, online course Libraries as Learning Labs: Culture Diversity, and Global Awareness at the University of Washington. Invited by Dr. Annette Goldsmith. (May 2, 2015). 
  • Book jacket critique. Doug Goldsmith’s Character Development class (Visual Communication Design). Kent State University. (December 11, 2014). 
  • Illustrating poetry. Guest lecture in Christopher Darling’s class (Visual Communication Design). Kent State University. (December 4, 2014). 
  • Making picture books: From fairy tales to fractured tales. Guest Lecture in Doug Goldsmith’s Character Development class (Visual Communication Design). Kent State University. (November 5, 2014). 
  • The library and its role in children’s lives. Guest Lecture in Joan Steidl’s Human Development and Family Services class, Kent State University (July 23, 2014).
  • Digital resources for children: Usability, access, and innovation. Guest Lecture in Dr. Rae-Anne Montague’s class: LIS 681: Books and Media, University of Hawaii (April 15, 2014).
  • Webinar on International Children’s Literature and Librarianship used by Anthony Bernier at San Jose State University in his course. (Spring 2014).
  • Online research (qualitative)--Lecture in Frank Lambert’s Research Methods class (Fall 2012).

Guest Lectures Pre-Kent State
  • Social media and participatory culture: “The Amanda Project: Transmedia literature and user-generated content” (Fall 2011) 
  • Reading interests of adults: “Creating the crossover” (Spring 2011)
  • Consumer media culture: “Teen literature and the internet” (Fall 2010)
  • History of the book: Consumed by Twilight: "The commodification of young adult literature” (Spring 2010)
  • The teaching assistant project: “Motivating students in the humanities and social sciences” (Fall 2011, Fall 2010 and Fall 2009)
  • Human information behavior: Introductory class (Spring 2009)
  • Materials for children: Lecture on bringing international literature to the US (Fall 2008)
  • Materials for young adults: Lecture on bringing international literature to the US (Spring 2008)
  • Materials for children: Lecture on bringing international literature to the US (Fall 2007)
Photos above are from Havana, Cuba.