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Degrees

B.A., Economics, Cornell University, 1984
B.A., English, Cornell University, 1984
M.L.I.S., Information Science, U.C. Berkeley, 1987
M.A., English, University of Michigan, 1992
Graduate Certificate, Women's Studies, University of Michigan, 1995
Ph.D. candidate, English, University of Michigan (present)
Dissertation title: Imagining Information: Literature, Art, Data.

Selected Publications:

Re: skin, co-editor with Mary Flanagan. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, forthcoming 2006.
"The Changing Nature of the Book: Literary Research, Cultural Studies, and the Digital Age," with Laura Taddeo in Teaching Literary Research. Chicago: ACRL, forthcoming 2006.
Reload: Rethinking Women + Cyberculture, co-editor with Mary Flanagan. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002.
"Introduction to Women's Cyberfiction," in Reload: Rethinking Women + Cyberculture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002. 25-40.
"Collaborating to Advance Curriculum-Based Information-Literacy Initiatives," with Carole Ann Fabian, Journal of Library Administration 36 (1/2) (June 2002): 123-142. Reprinted in Successes and Challenges with Information Literacy Programs. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2002.
"Usability Testing of an Academic Library Web Site: A Case Study," with Brenda Battleson and Jane Weintrop, Journal of Academic Librarianship 27 (3) (May 2001): 188-198.
"Information Literacy at a Distance: Instructional Design Issues," with Nancy Dewald, Ann Scholz-Crane and Cynthia Levine, Journal of Academic Librarianship 26 (1) (January 2000): 33-44.
"Women, Gender and Cyberculture: A Review Essay," Choice 37 (2000): 1917-1930.

Selected Grants, Awards & Honors:

University at Buffalo:

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Librarianship, 2005
University Service Excellence Award, University Libraries Core Planning Group, July 2003
University Service Excellence Award, Instant Message Reference Service Team, July 2001
University Service Excellence Award, Web Usability Team, April 2000
SUNY UUP Technology Grant, "Popular (Pulp) Fiction: A Database and Website Supporting Multidisciplinary Cultural Studies," Co-P.I. with Don Hartman, ($33,000), 1999
UUP Professional Development Grant, "Digital Art, Digital Culture," P.I. ($4,000), 1999

University of Michigan:

University Outstanding Graduate Instructor, 1996
Center for the Education of Women Critical Differences Grant, 1995
Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, 1994-95
Mary McEwen Schimke Fellowship, 1994-95
Hewlett International Fellowship, 1994
Margaret Dow Towsley Scholar, 1994
Robin I. Thevenet Research Grant, 1994
Mellon Fellowship, 1993-94
Colby Fellowship, 1990-93

University of California, Berkeley:

Little Fellowship, 1986-87

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