Education

Certificate Program, Library Juice Academy

Certificate in Library Instruction in progress, expected completion date April 2022. Select course topics include:

• Student Engagement Techniques
• Digital Learning Objects
• Online Instructional Design & Delivery
• Universal Design
• Teaching Information Literacy

Certificate Program, Society of American Archivists

Digital Asset Specialist Certificate in progress, expected completion date October 2021. Select course topics include:

• Digital Preservation of Audio/Visual Materials
• Data Curation
• Processing Digital Records & Manuscripts
• Metadata and Standards for Digital Archives
• Crosswalking Metadata
• Email Archiving
• User Experience Design for Digital Archives
• Providing Access to Digital Archives
• Privacy & Confidentiality in Digital Archives

Master of Library & Information Science, San Jose State University School of Information

Coursework focused on library essentials, emerging technologies, and research. Select courses include:

• Cataloging & Classification
• Reference & Information Services
• Collection Management
• Information & Technology Tools: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Web Usability & Information Visualization
• History of Books and Libraries
• Archives & Manuscripts
• Research Methods in Library and Information Science

Bachelor of Science in General Studies, Maranatha University

Coursework focused broadly in humanities, education, math, science, and computing. Select courses include:

• Teaching Techniques
• Storytelling
• Educational Psychology
• Probability & Statistics
• Logic
• Computer Information Systems
• Historical Methods & Philosophy

Continuing Education Workshops, Conferences, Courses

Primary focus on creative work and professional development.

Professional Development

• Annual Conferences
  • Internet Librarian, 2016
  • American Library Association, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • California Library Association, 2014, 2015
  • Society of American Archivists, 2021
• InfoPeople Webinars
  • How to Lead Your Library: Evaluating Services
  • Building an E-Book Collection
• BayNet Workshops
  • If A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: Building Effective Slide Decks
• LITA Webinars
  • Yes, You Can Video: a How-To Guide for Creating High-Impact Instructional Videos Without Tearing Your Hair Out
  • Digital Privacy Toolkit for Librarians
  • Teaching Patrons About Privacy

Creative Work

• Writing the Other Courses
  • Diverse Narrative Structures with Henry Lien
  • Deep Dive Intensive: Creating Diverse Characters with Nisi Shawl, K. Tempest Bradford, and Piper J. Drake
  • Charting Your Character Arc Seminar and Workshop with Stant Litore
  • Writing Fat Characters Master Class with Meg Elison and Marianne Kirby
• Association of Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference, 2016, 2017
• Fiction Workshop with Karen Bjorneby, 2010-2019
• Flash Fiction with Michelle Richmond
• Digital Photography with Carlos Arrieta, RayKo Photo Center
• Designing the Artist’s Book with Dorota Biczel, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design