M.L.S., Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science
M.A., German Literature, University of Vermont (thesis title: The Reception of Friedrich Nietzsche's Concepts in German Literature at the Turn of the Century, with Regard to Works by Stefan George, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Thomas Mann.)
B.A., Religion, German Literature, University of Vermont
Public Services Librarian, October 2002-February 2013, and July 2014-present
Interim Dean, Arts and Humanities, July 2013-June 2014
Acting Dean of Instruction, SRJC Petaluma Campus, February 2013-June 2013
Library Department Chair: Fall 2008 - February 2013, August 2015 - May 2016, and May 2019 - May 2020
Coordinator of Adult Services, Sonoma County Library, 1999-2002
Collection Development and Acquisitions Librarian, Sonoma State University, 1996-1999
Generalist Librarian, Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA), 1993-1996
Generalist Librarian and Library Technician, Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, MA), 1989-1993
Recent Professional Development:
ASCCC Standards and Practices Committee member, 2023-2024
ACCJC Peer Review Team Member, San Diego Mesa College Accreditation Team, 2023-2024
Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges (ASCCC) Plenary, November 2021
Creative Commons for Educators Certification Course, June-August 2021
ASCCC Curriculum Institute, June 2021
ASCCC Plenary, April 2021
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) National Conference, April 2021
Alliance of Hispanic Serving Educators (AHSIE) Best Practices Conference, March 2021
ACCJC Accreditation Team Member (Copper Mountain College), March 2019
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) National Conference, March 2019
Equity Academy: The Anatomy of a Transformative Course, February 2019
IEPI Building Diversity Summit, February 2019
Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges (ASCCC) Plenary, April 2018
Intensive Summer Spanish Institute (ISSI), August 2018
Spanish B2.2 CLIC International House, Seville, Spain, August-October 2016
Spanish 1 - Spanish 4, Santa Rosa Junior College, August 2014 - May 2016
President, SRJC Academic Senate, May 2022-May 2024
SRJC Academic Senate President-elect, May 2021 - May 29, 2022
Public Services Librarian, October 2002-February 2013and July 2014-present
Library Department Chair, August 2008-February 2013, August 2015- June 2016, and May 25, 2019-May 2020
Interim Dean, Arts and Humanities, July 2013-June 2014
Acting Dean of Instruction, Petaluma Campus, February 2013-June 2013
Coordinator of Adult Services, Sonoma County Library, 1999-2002
Collection Development and Acquisitions Librarian, Sonoma State University, 1996-1999
Generalist Librarian, Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA), 1993-1996
Generalist Librarian and Library Technician, Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, MA), 1989-1993
Library Science
Information Literacy
Equity in Library Services
Family Literacy
Multilingual Student assistance
Language Acquisition
August 2021-present: Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) Resolutions Committee Member
January 2022: Reader for ASCCC Hayward Award applications
August 2021-May 2022: Member SRJC Curriculum Review Committee
August 2021-May 2022: Co-Chair, SRJC Arts and Humanities Cluster Tech Review Committee
August 2020-May 2021: Faculty mentor
August 2019-present: Chair, Faculty Fund for Advanced Studies Committee
August 2018-May 2019: Faculty mentor
August 2017-May 2018: Vice President, SRJC Academic Senate
August 2017-May 2018: Faculty mentor
August 2017- May 2018: Member, SRJC Curriculum Review Committee
August 2017-May 2020: Member, SRJC Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Committee (EEOAC)
August 2016-present: Member, Faculty Fund for Advanced Studies (FFAS) Committee
October 2016- June 2019: Chair, Library Advisory Board for the Santa Rosa branches of the Sonoma County Library system
August 2015-May 2016: Student Success and Equity committee member
August 2015- May 2019: Academic Senate member
August 2015-May 2016: Faculty Mentor
August 2014-May 2015: SRJC Instructional Technology Group (ITG) committee
Fall 2014: District Online Committee (DOC) (sabbatical replacement)
Fall 2014-Spring 2015: Faculty mentor
Fall 2014- June 2019: Sonoma County Library-Santa Rosa Libraries Library Advisory Board Member
Fall 2012-Spring 2013: Faculty mentor
Fall 2008- February 2013: Department Chair, Library
Spring 2012: Chair, Library Faculty Hiring Committee
Fall 2010-February 2013: Member, SRJC Faculty Staffing Committee
Fall 2011-February 2013: Member, SRJC College Council
Fall 2008-February 2013: Library area representative to SRJC Academic Senate
Fall 2008- Spring 2011: Executive Secretary, SRJC Academic Senate
Fall 2010-Spring 2011: Member, California State Academic Senate Curriculum Committee
Spring 2011: SRJC Hiring committee member for Internet Services Manager
Fall 2009-fall 2010: Member, Compressed Calendar Task Force
Fall 2010: SRJC hiring committee member for Healthcare Workforce Manager
Spring 2010: SRJC hiring committee member for Director of Computing Services
Spring 2010: SRJC hiring committee chair, Adjunct Librarian Hiring Committee
Spring 2009: chair, SRJC hiring committee for Public Services Librarian
Fall 2009-Spring 2010: New Faculty mentor
Summer 2008: SRJC hiring committee member for Manager of Media Services (Petaluma Campus)
Spring 2008: SRJC hiring committee member for Public Services Librarian
Fall 2008- Spring 2009: Department Chair Council Co-Chair
Fall 2007-Spring 2008: Co-Chair Team C Basic Skills Committee
Fall 2007- Spring 2009: Member, Professional Development Committee (planned and coordinated first-ever SRJC Adjunct Faculty Orientation Program)
Fall 2005- Spring 2008: At-large representative to Academic Senate
Spring 2007-Spring 2009: Staff Development Coordinator, Petaluma Campus
Fall 2007- Spring 2008: Member ACSTT (committee for SRJC's AFDAF and FTTF)
Fall 2007- Spring 2008: Puente Mentor
Fall 2007- Spring 2008: New Faculty Mentor
Fall 2007- Spring 2008: Past-Chair, Petaluma Faculty Forum
Fall 2005- Spring 2007: Chair, Petaluma Faculty Forum
Fall 2003- Spring 2005: Secretary, Petaluma Faculty Forum
Fall 2003-Spring 2005: member SRJC Institutional Policies Committee (IPC)
Fall 2007-Spring 2008: Creator and Facilitator, Faculty Reading Colloquia
Fall 2006-Spring 2007: Creator and Facilitator, Petaluma Faculty Teaching Breakfasts
"Latino Americans: 500 Years of History" - A grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities and the American Library Association, in collaboration with Instructor Laura Larque
"Case Study: Bridging the Gap from Non-Credit to Credit: Outreach to ESL Students at a California Community College" in Designing a User-Centered Instruction Program, 2016.
"Metacognition and the Intersection of Information Literacy, Reader Apprenticeship and Language Learning in the Academic Library" at the 3CSN First Annual Reading Apprenticeship Conference, College of San Mateo, May 13 2016.
"Achieving Equity: How Libraries Can Help Foster Student Equity" at Unconference May 2, 2015 at Santa Rosa Junior College.
"Virtually Yours: Models for Managing Electronic Resources and Services." Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory, v.22, no.2 (1998): 177-188.
"Development of a Model for Cataloging, Circulation, and Housing CD-ROMs." College and Undergraduate Libraries, v. 3, no. 2 (1996): 101-113.
President's Award (Academic Senate), May 2018
Rand Newman Award, Faculty Fund for Advanced Studies, May 2016
SRJC Employee of the Month, January 2008
SRJC Academic Senate Staff Development Award, April 2007