Institute for Information Literacy

Core Team

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Clarence Maybee
Director of the Institute
W. Wayne Booker Chair for Information Literacy
cmaybee@purdue.edu

Rachel Fundator
Associate Director
Clinical Associate Professor
rfundato@purdue.edu

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Samantha LeGrand
Clinical Assistant Professor
Instruction and Design Librarian
legrands@purdue.edu

Emily Little
Open Education and Affordable Content Librarian
eheitman@purdue.edu

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A.P. Edmondson
Instructional Designer
edmonds0@purdue.edu

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Michael Flierl
Fellow, The Ohio State University
flierl.1@osu.edu

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Alex Dibelka
Graduate Assistant for the W. Wayne Booker Chair
adibelka@purdue.edu

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Jayla Parks
Institute Undergraduate Assistant

Arya Torney
Institute Undergraduate Assistant

Past Team Members:

2025-2026: Zachary Logsdon, Graduate Assistant for the W. Wayne Booker Chair

2025-2026: Abby Sabella, Institute Undergraduate Assistant to Partners for Algorithmic Literacy (PAL) and the Information Studies Research Accelerator

2025-2026: Caitlyn Cai, Institute Undergraduate Assistant to SPIRaL

2024-2025: Maggie Collins, Institute Undergraduate Assistant to SPIRaL

2023-2025: Bee Redfield, Graduate Assistant to the Information Literacy Area

2022-2024: Secret Permenter, Graduate Assistant for the W. Wayne Booker Chair

2022-2024: Ben Weiss, Institute Undergraduate Assistant to SPIRaL