Samantha LeGrand
Clinical Assistant Professor, Instruction and Design Librarian
Information LiteracyFaculty Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor
ILS 195 Information Innovators: Exploring Research in Information Studies (Living-Learning Community)
ILS 230 Data Science and Society: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues
-- students as partners / pedagogical partnership
-- critical information literacy (CIL) and critical pedagogy
-- IL and ways of knowing: epistemology, metacognition, and dialogue in learning
-- relationally-based approaches to IL pedagogy: ethics of care, relational-cultural theory, appreciative inquiry, trauma-informed pedagogy
MS, Library and Information Science, 2015. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Purdue University, 2022 - present
Ithaca (NY) City School District, 2020-2022
Tompkins-Cortland Community College (NY), 2019-2020
Central New Mexico Community College, 2017-2019
Refereed journal articles
- Nelson, D., LeGrand, S., Guberman, D, & Gackiere, A. 2025. “Collaborative Intelligence: Towards Practical, Critical and Cooperative Teaching & Learning with AI.” Thresholds in Education Special Issue: Generative AI’s Impact on Education. https://academyforeducationalstudies.org/journals/thresholds/thresholds-current-issues/volume-48-issue-1-winter-2025/
- Dawkins, V. & LeGrand, S. 2024. “Cultivating critical information evaluation through motivational confidence: An exploratory crosswalk analysis.” Journal of Information Literacy. https://doi.org/10.11645/18.2.644
- Fundator, R., LeGrand, S., Permenter, S. & Weiss, B. 2024. “Students as Partners in the Library: Perspectives of Partnering to Develop a New Information Literacy Undergraduate Research Program.” International Journal of Students as Partners. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v8i2.5725
Refereed conference proceedings
- Maybee, C., LeGrand, S., & Fundator, R. (2025). Disruptive Partnerships: Collaborating with Students to Create Empowering Learning Experiences in Information Studies. Proceedings of the Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2025.2017
Professional Publications/Communications
- LeGrand, S. 2025. “Making Room: Integrating Students as Partners Pedagogy into the Framework.” College & Research Libraries News. March. https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/26700/34618
Reviewed conference presentations
- LeGrand, S., Mayhook, Z. & Lu, J. 2025 (May). Co-creating AI Learning Solutions: A Qualitative Analysis of Student and Faculty Deliverables in an Algorithmic Literacy Learning Community [Conference presentation]. QQML, Lisbon, Portugal.
- LeGrand, S. 2025 (April). Partners for Algorithmic Literacy: Democratizing Decision-Making on AI and Learning [Conference presentation]. ACRL, Minneapolis, MN.
- Nelson, D., LeGrand, S., Guberman, D., & Gackiere, A. 2024 (October). Collaborative Intelligence: Towards Practical, Critical and Cooperative Teaching & Learning with AI [Conference presentation]. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL), French Lick, IN.
Invited presentations
- Maybee, C., Fundator, R., Gerrish, T., LeGrand, S., & Huber, S. (2025, July). First-hand knowledge: Four Approaches to Experiential Information Literacy at Purdue [virtual presentation]. Summer Information Literacy Series. The Ohio State University.
- Fundator, R. & LeGrand, S. 2025 (March). “Fostering AI Conversations Through Research and Educational Initiatives.” AI Community of Practice for Academic Librarians, virtual, Ohio State University.
PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
Faculty Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor
ILS 195 Information Innovators: Exploring Research in Information Studies (Living-Learning Community)
ILS 230 Data Science and Society: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues
-- students as partners / pedagogical partnership
-- critical information literacy (CIL) and critical pedagogy
-- IL and ways of knowing: epistemology, metacognition, and dialogue in learning
-- relationally-based approaches to IL pedagogy: ethics of care, relational-cultural theory, appreciative inquiry, trauma-informed pedagogy
MS, Library and Information Science, 2015. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Purdue University, 2022 - present
Ithaca (NY) City School District, 2020-2022
Tompkins-Cortland Community College (NY), 2019-2020
Central New Mexico Community College, 2017-2019
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed journal articles
- Nelson, D., LeGrand, S., Guberman, D, & Gackiere, A. 2025. “Collaborative Intelligence: Towards Practical, Critical and Cooperative Teaching & Learning with AI.” Thresholds in Education Special Issue: Generative AI’s Impact on Education. https://academyforeducationalstudies.org/journals/thresholds/thresholds-current-issues/volume-48-issue-1-winter-2025/
- Dawkins, V. & LeGrand, S. 2024. “Cultivating critical information evaluation through motivational confidence: An exploratory crosswalk analysis.” Journal of Information Literacy. https://doi.org/10.11645/18.2.644
- Fundator, R., LeGrand, S., Permenter, S. & Weiss, B. 2024. “Students as Partners in the Library: Perspectives of Partnering to Develop a New Information Literacy Undergraduate Research Program.” International Journal of Students as Partners. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v8i2.5725
Refereed conference proceedings
- Maybee, C., LeGrand, S., & Fundator, R. (2025). Disruptive Partnerships: Collaborating with Students to Create Empowering Learning Experiences in Information Studies. Proceedings of the Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2025.2017
Professional Publications/Communications
- LeGrand, S. 2025. “Making Room: Integrating Students as Partners Pedagogy into the Framework.” College & Research Libraries News. March. https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/26700/34618
PRESENTATIONS
Reviewed conference presentations
- LeGrand, S., Mayhook, Z. & Lu, J. 2025 (May). Co-creating AI Learning Solutions: A Qualitative Analysis of Student and Faculty Deliverables in an Algorithmic Literacy Learning Community [Conference presentation]. QQML, Lisbon, Portugal.
- LeGrand, S. 2025 (April). Partners for Algorithmic Literacy: Democratizing Decision-Making on AI and Learning [Conference presentation]. ACRL, Minneapolis, MN.
- Nelson, D., LeGrand, S., Guberman, D., & Gackiere, A. 2024 (October). Collaborative Intelligence: Towards Practical, Critical and Cooperative Teaching & Learning with AI [Conference presentation]. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL), French Lick, IN.
Invited presentations
- Maybee, C., Fundator, R., Gerrish, T., LeGrand, S., & Huber, S. (2025, July). First-hand knowledge: Four Approaches to Experiential Information Literacy at Purdue [virtual presentation]. Summer Information Literacy Series. The Ohio State University.
- Fundator, R. & LeGrand, S. 2025 (March). “Fostering AI Conversations Through Research and Educational Initiatives.” AI Community of Practice for Academic Librarians, virtual, Ohio State University.