PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION

Liaison Areas: African-American Studies

Research Interest:

African American literature; Literature of the American South; Black Feminist Thought; Feminist Theory; Queer Theory; William Faulkner Scholarship; Information Literacy; Mentoring in Academic Libraries.

Education:

University of South Carolina (USC), Columbia, SC / December 2011: Specialist degree in Library & Information Science - emphasis in academic libraries
University of South Carolina / May 2010: M.L.I.S.
University of South Carolina / May 2010: M.A. in English - emphasis in American Literature after 1900. Thesis: “The Futility of Conformity: The Danger of Gender Constructs in The Sound and the Fury”
Augusta State University (ASU), Augusta, GA (now Augusta University) / December 2007: B.A. in English, minor in Women's Studies

Professional Memberships and Service:

American Association of University Women)

ALA)

ACRL)

National Women’s Studies Association)

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Modern Language Association)

The William Faulkner Society)