Publications

last updated: April 2026

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• “Two Decades of Critical Information Literacy: A Review and Analysis of the Literature.” College & Research Libraries 87, no. 4 (July 2026). [Preprint]

• “Critical Information Literacy.” In The Information Literacy Handbook: Charting the Discipline, eds. Karen F. Kaufmann & Clarence Maybee. Facet Publishing, 2026: 363-368.

• Profile in Critical Voices in Library and Information Work: Voices and Inspiration from the Discipline, by Stephen Bales and Tina Budzise-Weaver. Routledge Press, 2025: 144-149.

• “Working Conditions are Learning Conditions: Understanding Information Literacy Instruction through Neoliberal Capitalism.” With Romel Espinel. Communications in Information Literacy 17, no. 2 (2023): 573-590.

• “Boundaries and Breakthroughs: A Conversation on Maintaining Engagement and Avoiding Burnout in Reference and Instruction.” With Sophie Leveque. In Thriving as a Mid-Career Librarian: Identity, Advocacy, and Pathways, eds. Brandon K. West and Elizabeth Galoozis. ACRL Press, 2023: 13-24.

• “Redesigning an Academic Library Internship Program with Equity in Mind: Reflections and Takeaways.” With Karen Wang, Kae Bara Kratcha, and Wei Yin. College & Research Libraries News 83, no. 9 (2022): 385-388.

• “Interview with Eamon Tewell.” In Competência Crítica em Informação: Teoria, Consciência e Práxis [Critical Information Literacy: Theory, Consciousness, and Practice], eds. Arthur Coelho Bezerra and Marco Schneider. Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology, 2022: 251-257.

• “What’s In A Name: What Named Spaces Tell Us About Academic Libraries.” With Cynthia Tobar, Harvey Long, James Castrillo, and Fobazi Ettarh. Association of College and Research Libraries Conference Proceedings (2021): 179-188.

• “The Problem With Grit: Dismantling Deficit Thinking in Information Literacy Instruction.” portal: Libraries and the Academy 20, no. 1 (2020): 137-159.

• “Reframing Reference for Marginalized Students: A Participatory Visual Study.” Reference and User Services Quarterly 58, no. 3 (2019): 162-176.

• “Critical Information Literacy.” With Emily Drabinski. In The International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy, eds. Renee Hobbs and Paul Mihailidis, 2019.

• Reference Librarianship & Justice: History, Practice & Praxis. Co-edited with Kate Adler and Ian Beilin. Library Juice Press, 2018. Read the section introduction “Beyond Efficient Answers with a Smile: Seeking Critical Reference Praxis.”

• “The Practice and Promise of Critical Information Literacy: Academic Librarians’ Involvement in Critical Library Instruction.” College & Research Libraries 79, no. 1 (2018): 10-34.

• “Responding to and Reimagining Resilience in Academic Libraries.” With Jacob Berg and Angela Galvan. Journal of New Librarianship 3, no. 1 (2018).

• “Learning about Student Research Practices through an Ethnographic Investigation: Insights into Contact with Librarians and Use of Library Space.” With Kimberly Mullins, Natasha Tomlin, and Valeda Dent. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 12, no. 4 (2017): 78-101.

• “In Their Own Voices: An Ethnographic Perspective on Student Use of Library Information Sources.” With Natasha Tomlin, Kimberly Mullins, and Valeda Dent. Journal of Library Administration, 57, no. 6 (2017): 631-650. 

• “Teaching and Un-Teaching Source Evaluation: Questioning Authority in Information Literacy Instruction.” With Katelyn Angell. Communications in Information Literacy 11, no. 1 (2017): 95-121.

• “Where Students Start, and What They Do When They Get Stuck: A Qualitative Inquiry into Academic Information-Seeking and Help-Seeking Practices.” With Susan Thomas and Gloria Willson. Journal of Academic Librarianship 43, no. 3 (2017): 224-231.

• “Resistant Spectatorship and Critical Information Literacy: Strategies for Oppositional Readings.” Information Research 22, no. 1 (2017).

• “Critical Information Literacy, Progressive Librarianship, and a Lockout.” Interview with Martin Persson. Bibliotek i Samhälle [Libraries in Society], no. 3/4 (2016): 6-11.

• “Putting Critical Information Literacy into Context: How and Why Librarians Adopt Critical Practices in their Teaching.” In the Library with the Lead Pipe (2016).

• “Authority and Source Evaluation in the Critical Library Classroom.” With Katelyn Angell. The Critical Library Pedagogy Handbook, Vol. 2. Eds. Kelly McElroy and Nicole Pagowsky. Chicago: ACRL Press (2016): 49-57.

• “Toward the Resistant Reading of Information: Google, Resistant Spectatorship, and Critical Information Literacy.” portal: Libraries and the Academy 16, no. 2 (2016): 289-310.

• “A Decade of Critical Information Literacy: A Review of the Literature.” Communications in Information Literacy 9, no. 1 (2015): 24-43.

• “The Amazing Library Race: Tracking Student Engagement and Learning Comprehension in Library Orientations.” With Katherine Boss and Katelyn Angell. Journal of Information Literacy 9, no. 1 (2015): 4-14.

• “Far from a Trivial Pursuit: Assessing the Effectiveness of Games in Information Literacy Instruction.” With Katelyn Angell. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 10, no. 1 (2015): 20-33.

• “Tying Television Comedies to Information Literacy: A Mixed-Methods Investigation.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship 40, no. 2 (2014): 134-141.

• “‘Punk-Ass Book Jockeys’: Library Anxiety in the Television Programs Community and Parks & Recreation.” Library Philosophy and Practice (2014): Paper 1060.

• “Collaborating for Academic Success: A Tri-Institutional Information Literacy Program for High School Students.” With Katelyn Angell. Public Services Quarterly 9, no. 1 (2013): 1-19.

• “Employment Opportunities for New Academic Librarians: Assessing the Availability of Entry-Level Jobs.” portal: Libraries and the Academy 12, no. 4 (2012): 407-423.