Presentations

* my curriculum vitae *

2021

Shared Assessment of Writing and Information Literacy in a Multi-Section 200-level Writing Course (with Teresa Grettano), Indiana University Southeast, November 12, 2021

Transforming Concerns into Improved Infrastructure as a New Instruction Coordinator, Conference on Academic Library Management (CALM) 2021, March 15-19, 2021 [peer-reviewed presentation]

2020

Adapting the College Assessment Report Template to the Weinberg Memorial Library, Assessment Advisory Committee, The University of Scranton, October 22, 2020

Library Scholarship Librarian Forum (with Joel M. Burkholder and Mary J. Snyder Broussard, moderated by Jeremy McGinniss), Liberty University, April 14, 2020

Eloquentia Perfecta Writing Workshop (with Teresa Grettano and Amy Simolo), Eloquentia Perfecta Writing Initiative, The University of Scranton, January 23 and 27, 2020

2019

Practicing Care: Exploring a Maintenance Schema for Sustainable and Compassionate Academic Library Work (with Mary J. Snyder Broussard, Joel M. Burkholder, and Jeremy McGinniss), Maintainers III: Practice, Policy and Care, Washington, D.C., October 6-9, 2019 [peer-reviewed presentation]

Creating Dynamic Learning Environments (with Kelly Banyas), Lehigh Valley Chapter of the PaLA 2019 Annual Spring Conference, Bethlehem, PA, May 17, 2019 [peer-reviewed presentation]

2018

Information Literacy in Rehabilitation Education: Collaboration for Development of Theory to Practice Competency (with Rebecca Spirito Dalgin), National Rehabilitation Educators Conference Fall 2018, October 24-27, 2018 [peer-reviewed poster presentation]

Using Social Media Well: Information Literacy on the Internet for Orthodox Christian Clergy and Faithful, Continuing Education Program, St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, June 20, 2018

2017

Ethical Responsibility in the Internet Arena: Algorithms, Confirmation Bias, and Critical Evaluation (with Kelly Banyas), First-Year Writing Program, The University of Scranton, October 26, 2017 

Introducing the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education to the University of Scranton Faculty, Library Advisory Committee, The University of Scranton, September 29, 2017

2016

Rhetorical Reinventions: Rethinking Research Processes and Information Practices to Deepen our Pedagogy (with Mary J. Snyder Broussard and Joel M. Burkholder), LOEX 2016 Virtual Encore Session, June 21, 2016 [invited webcast]


Speaking Truth in Community: The Role of Networks in Critical Pedagogy Theory & Practice (with Jeremy McGinniss), PaLA 2016 CRD Spring Workshop, May 20, 2016 [peer-reviewed presentation]

Rhetorical Reinventions: Rethinking Research Processes and Information Practices to Deepen our Pedagogy (with Mary J. Snyder Broussard and Joel M. Burkholder), LOEX 2016, May 5-7, 2016 [peer-reviewed presentation]


Her Film Discussion, Weinberg Memorial Library International Film Series, The University of Scranton, April 13, 2016

Creating Collaborations Through Connecting National Writing Guidelines to the Framework for Information Literacy: Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing (with Teresa Grettano), ACRL Framing the Framework Webcast Series, January 5, 2016 [invited webcast]


2015


Navigating Our Way with the Framework for Information Literacy, PaLA CRD Connect & Communicate: Framework Un-Conference, September 17, 2015 [peer-reviewed webcast]


Flexible Frames for Pedagogical Practice: Using the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, Lehigh Valley Chapter of the PaLA 2015 Annual Spring Conference, Allentown, PA, May 28, 2015 [invited presentation] 


Shifting our Focus, Evolving our Practice: A Collaborative Conversation about the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education (with Danielle Theiss and Joelle Pitts), ACRL 2015, Portland, OR, March 25-28, 2015 [blind peer-reviewed presentation]


Shared Goals for Shared Learning: Using Frameworks to Collaborate in the Writing and Information Literacy Classroom (with Teresa Grettano), ACRL 2015, Portland, OR, March 25-28, 2015 [blind peer-reviewed presentation]


“We’re all mad here”: Fostering Metadiscourse on Metaliteracy (with Teresa Grettano), CCCC Convention, Tampa, FL, March 18-21, 2015 [blind peer-reviewed presentation]


2014


ACRL's Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education: Implications for Practice (with Ellysa Stern Cahoy), PA Forward Information Literacy Summit, State College, PA, July 23, 2014 [invited keynote]


"If you love something, let it go": A Bold Case for Shared Responsibility for Information Literacy through Collaboration with Teaching Faculty (with Teresa Grettano), Connecticut Information Literacy Conference, Manchester, CT, June 13, 2014 [peer-reviewed presentation]


2013


“You Have Standards?”: Disciplinary Frameworks as a Bridge to Collaboration, PA Forward Information Literacy Summit, State College, PA, July 24, 2013 [peer-reviewed presentation]


Making Sense of Facebook Insights in the Library (with Jennifer K. Galas), Social Media Users Group, The University of Scranton, May 8, 2013


Web Personalization: Powerful Information Tool or Filter Bubble?, Technology On Your Own Terms, The University of Scranton, April 18, 2013 


2012


Facebook in the Information Literacy Classroom: Framework and Strategies (with Teresa Grettano), PaLA’s Teaching, Learning & Technology Round Table Spring 2012 Workshop, Harrisburg, PA, March 30, 2012 [invited presentation]


Facebook Timeline: What You Need to Know About the New Facebook Profile (or, Facebook Gets a Face-lift), Technology On Your Own Terms, The University of Scranton, February 15, 2012 


2011


Rethinking Information Literacy: Classroom Evidence for Incorporating Students’ Social Media Practices into our Professional Understanding (with Teresa Grettano), PaLA 2011, State College, PA, October 2-5, 2011 [peer-reviewed presentation]


Information Literacy and Social Media: How Facebook is Changing Students’ Attitudes towards and Behaviors with Information (with Teresa Grettano), Faculty Research Seminar Series, The University of Scranton, September 30, 2011


Social Media, Safety, and Community, Local Right to Education Task Force #19, Arc of NEPA, Scranton, PA, May 10, 2011 


“Hanging Together”: Collaboration Between Information Literacy and Writing Programs Based on the ACRL Standards and the WPA Outcomes (with Teresa Grettano), ACRL 2011, Philadelphia, PA, March 30-April 2, 2011 [blind peer-reviewed presentation]


The Changing Face of Facebook, Technology On Your Own Terms, The University of Scranton, March 9, 2011


2010


“I Found it on Facebook”: Social Media and the ACRL Information Literacy Standards (with Teresa Grettano), 7th Annual Georgia Conference on Information Literacy, Savannah, GA, October 1-2, 2010 [peer-reviewed presentation]


Share with Surety: Facebook Privacy Settings for the Casual Facebook User, Technology On Your Own Terms, The University of Scranton, April 7, 2010


2008


The NextGen Approach to Getting it Done: Web 2.0 in theWeinberg Memorial Library (with Kristen Yarmey), PALINET08, Philadelphia, PA, October 28, 2008 [peer-reviewed poster session]


Blogs: Your Personality + Your Knowledge = Success, Verizon Open House, Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence, The University of Scranton, October 17, 2008