job title Events and Gifts Librarian Library 624 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd Floor East, Rm. 307

Responsibilities

Collection Maintenance, Preservation, Reference Desk, Liaison Responsibilities

Liaison Departments

• Fiction Writing
• Writing Center
• Interdisciplinary Arts Education
• International Student Affairs

Education

• MSLS
• MA
• BGS
• Completed Drafting coursework in trade school

Professional Memberships

• American Library Association
• Illinois Library Association

Areas of Specialization

• General Reference
• Art (cross majored in Psychology, English, and Art as an undergraduate student
• Completed coursework for Fiction Writing workshops as an undergraduate student
• Cover art for numerous literary and music publications, book arts, numerous one man and group art shows in Boston and Chicago, etc.
• Music (particularly electronic and guitar, home recording studio includes 14 synthesizers, 7 guitars and over 30 processors including many effect boxes I built and designed from schematics)
• Literary Publishing (I have worked on the editing staff of several literary publications
• I have had hundreds of reviews, poems, stories, articles, and interviews, etc.
• Published in underground, independent, and academic presses)
• English as a Second Language (I taught ESL conversation skill classes and supervised instructors in an ESL Learning Lab)
• Familiarity with Asian culture.