Ramón García(he/him) - Ramón is currently a Resident Information Literacy Librarian and Assistant Professor at the University of Northern Colorado. In this role he focuses on teaching a credit bearing library course, delivering one-shot library instruction, and outreach to traditionally underserved students. He is also an ALA Spectrum Scholar and an ARL Kaleidoscope Scholar. When not in the library, he enjoys long hikes, going to the movies, and spending time with his cats, Chuy and Hubie.
Nadia M Orozco-Sahi (she/they) - Nadia is a queer person of color and first-generation American, currently working as a Library Information Specialist at the University of New Mexico, which sits on the traditional homelands of the Pueblo of Sandia. In addition to their compulsive reading, they are a wife and mother, a lifelong "morning person", a musician, and a firm observer of a 4 o'clock tea time.
Alexandra Howard (she/her) - Alex is the Business & Entrepreneurship Librarian and tenure-track faculty at the University of Louisville. She strives to work at the intersection of anti-racism and community engagement. Her research focuses on connecting local Black entrepreneurs with university and library resources. Outside of work, Alex enjoys exploring nature, meaning making, and prison abolition.
Danica E. White (she/her) - Danica is the Student Engagement Librarian at Penn State University-University Park. In this role, Danica serves as a liaison to student organizations and student groups, collaborates with colleagues and students to build upon their academic relationships, and helps to coordinate library support for undergraduate research. Danica’s research interests include diversity & social justice, information access in academic libraries, undergraduate research, and engaging student organizations.
Marikit Fain (she/her) - Marikit is the Archives Coordinator and Liaison Librarian to the College of Business at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, AR. Professionally, Marikit is involved in the Diversity Committee at JBU and has been involved in multiple diversity initiatives on campus. Working with students is one of Marikit's favorite parts of working at a University, from mentoring student workers to serving as the employee sponsor for multiple student groups. In her personal life, Marikit has a deep love for sci-fi and fantasy and loves that the upcoming generations of nerds will have an easier time finding themselves represented in stories than she ever did growing up.
Supported by
This project was supported by the following:
The Instruction Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) enhances the ability of academic and research librarians to advance learning, teaching and research with respect to information literacy in higher education. The Section was founded as the Bibliographic Instruction Section in 1977, and renamed the Instruction Section in 1995. Visit their website for more information.
The American Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leaders (EL) program is a leadership development program which enables newer library workers from across the country to participate in problem-solving work groups, network with peers, gain an inside look into ALA structure, and have an opportunity to serve the profession in a leadership capacity. It puts participants on the fast track to ALA committee volunteerism as well as other professional library-related organizations. Learn More about the ALA Emerging Leaders Program here.
The 2020 Emerging Leaders cohort began the research for this project and provided us with our mission. You can find their report here.
