• LIS 600 | Action Research Project: Compiling Bibliotherapeutic Materials for Young Survivors of Sexual Assault and Evaluating their Accessibility

  • MaleSurvivor was my main collaborator. They acted as a liaison between me and the survey participants, ensuring that the research was ethical. I even completed an IRB process with them separate from the one instituted at UNCG. This collaborative work furthered my goal of making sexual abuse less of a taboo in society and to portray librarianship as a field that responds to the emotional needs of all people, even those with severe traumas.

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• LIS 691 | Bibliotherapy Project: Writing Bibliotherapy for the Abused Body

  • As an extension of my Action Research Project, this independent study course allowed me to correspond and collaborate with many different advocacy organizations for survivors of sexual trauma.

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• WGS 651 | Balancing Protections: Ensuring Academic Freedom and Establishing Safety for Survivors by Changes to Title IX”

  • This paper led me to think about topical issues facing feminism in our current political climate, but also acquainted me with how to be a better collaborative writer. I co-write this paper with students Roxanne Finch and Zachary Johnson.

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• WGS 651 | Effects of Voter Fraud Claims”

  • This paper, written with group members Roxanne Finch and Zachary Johnson, helped me to develop my editing skills and learn to accept criticism of my writing with more peace.

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• Special Project: Archival Work in The Randolph Room | UNCG Alternative Spring Break Project

  • With a student named Della Owens, the two of us explored the papers of a WWI serviceman named Ralph Whatley from the area around Asheboro. The papers were part of The Randolph Room with The Randolph County Public Libraries. Della and I worked closely throughout the week and by merging our talents and our different approaches to information access, I witnessed an expansion in my understanding of librarianship and archival work.