About Me
I am the Deputy University Librarian at the University of Calfornia, Merced, where I have worked since September 2002.
My duties are mostly administrative and have me doing quite a bit of work on behalf of the University of California Systemwide Libraries. Among other Systemwide obligations, I am vice-chair of the UC Systemwide Libraries Direction and Oversight Committee (DOC) and serve a number of roles on the Systemwide ILS Project (SILS).
I enjoy working directly with students and faculty to assist them with their coursework and research. (See the Contact box on this page if you want to get in touch with me.) My areas of expertise include:
- Literary Studies
- American and British Literature
- Literature of the American West
- Writing and Composition
- Infomation Literacy
- Thinking Critically about Information
- Disinformation, Fake News, Etc.
- Copyright
- Census Data
My biographical information and curriculum vitae is avaialble via my Bio Page.