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About Me
Library Faculty, Emerging Technologies
The Hesburgh Libraries
Concurrent Teaching Professor
Mendoza College of Business (MGTO)
I am currently an Associate Librarian in Emerging Technologies at the Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame. There I assist faculty, staff, and students with the identification, evaluation, and use of emerging technologies, innovative online tools, and related services. I am particularly focused on identifying learning and engagement opportunities to support student research and promote student success. I also hold concurrent faculty roles in The Mendoza College of Business and the Fanning Center for Business Communication.
A large part of my Library faculty role involves theorizing, teaching and practicing design—particularly forms of design that help people better learn and connect, especially in digital spaces. My work oftens sits at the intersection of graphic design, technical communication, and instructional design. For more information, have a look at my Projects page.
I am deeply committed to the practice promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in my academic roles. Coming from the discipline of British Cultural Studies, I continue to be focused on the problematics of class, gender, and race and ethnicity, as well as problematics producing cultural and socioeconomic disempowerment. In 2018, I created (and released under Creative Commons) the The Social Justice Game: A Game About Cents & Sensibility®, a free educational board game designed to help faculty gamify the economic dimensions of social justice for their students. In 2020, I completed the nine-month Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity (SEED) workshop and I continue as affiliated faculty with the Notre Dame Initiative on Race and Resilience. Through these and other projects, I involve myself in ways that promote inclusivity and diversity at Notre Dame and beyond.
Recent awards include the Faculty Senate award for Exemplary Service (2022); two DIGI awards from the Office of Digital Learning, "Honorary Member" (2022) and "Champion" (2021); and the Hesburgh Library Joseph J. and Frances D. Rog Zavislak Faculty Recognition Award (2020).
Education
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Ph.D. Rhetoric and Technical communication
Michigan Technological University
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M.A., English (Rhetoric & Writing)
San Diego State University
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B.A. (Modern Literature)
San Diego State University
