Hello,
a bit about me...

** Information is now available about the
Critical LIS book series. **

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Welcome to my site.

 

Since 2020, I have served as a clinical (teaching-track) assistant professor in the Department of Research Methods and Information Science at the University of Denver in Colorado. I previously worked as an academic librarian for 10 years. In addition to an MLS degree, I hold a PhD in sociology, as well as an MA and BA in psychology.

I am seeking new full-time academic research and teaching opportunities that will allow me to leverage my library and information science experience as a university professor and practicing librarian, as well as my background in the social and behavioral sciences.
 

I am qualified to accept roles as an educator and researcher in the disciplines of library and information science and sociology. I seek a balanced teaching-research position in either discipline that involves:

• Creating and teaching academic courses

• Conducting and publishing research and scholarship

• Seeking, developing, and executing externally-funded projects 

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My research interests:

1. Library and information studies (LIS):

   • The intersection of LIS and polar studies, including

     • The study of libraries, archives, museums, and cultural heritage sites

     • The digital archiving of island and coastal information, knowledge, and heritage

     • Digitalization of/in Arctic, Sub-Arctic, and Sub-Antarctic peoples, societies, and cultures

   • The critical study of LIS as a profession and discipline, including the dysfunctional aspects of library workplaces

2. Sociology:

   • The sociology of work, especially the critical study of workplaces as dysfunctional

   • Polar sociology, especially related to globalization, urbanization, tourism, digitalization, and social and cultural change

   • Digital sociology and digitalization, especially digital technologies in rural and remote geographies

   • Social analysis and critique via the concepts of liquid modernity, risk society, globalization and post-globalization, non-places, cosmopolitanism, and the information/knowledge/digital society.    

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Some of my recent work:

• Book: Libraries as Dysfunctional Organizations and Workplaces​

• Book: Library and Information Sciences in Arctic and Northern Studies

• Book: Library and Information Studies for Arctic Social Sciences and Humanities

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Apart from my work, I enjoy listening to synth, pop, electronic, and 80s/90s music (yes, I have a playlist!) I also have a fondness for geometric abstract art, coffee, and cats.

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