EMILY DRABINSKI emily.drabinski@gmail.com 993 President Street #4D Long Island University Brooklyn, NY 11225 1 University Plaza 917-495-7433 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Education M.A. Composition and rhetoric, January 2011 Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY M.L.S. Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, December 2003 B.A. Political Science, cum laude, Spring 1997 Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, NY Areas of Research Interest Critical Pedagogies and Information Literacy Instruction Feminist and Queer Theories of Information Organization Composition Studies and Information Literacy Publications Evidence-Based Instruction Integration: A Syllabus Analysis Project. With Katherine Boss. Under review. Reference Services Review, July 2013. Queering the Catalog: Queer Theory and the Politics of Correction. Library Quarterly. 83.2 (2013): 94-111. Forum: Radical Teacher as an Online and Open Access Journal. Radical Teacher. 94 (2012): 3-13. Teaching Other Tongues: Addressing the Problem of ʻOtherʼ Languages in the Library. Journal of Information Ethics. 20.2 (2011): 42-55. Introduction: Shaped or Shaping? The Role of Radical Teachers in Teaching with Technology. Radical Teacher 90 (2011): 3-8. Introduction. with Alana Kumbier. Critical Library Instruction: Theories and Methods, Maria T. Accardi, Emily Drabinski, and Alana Kumbier, eds. Los Angeles: Library Juice Press, 2011. Emily Drabinski 1
Teaching About Class in the Library. Radical Teacher. 85 (2009): 15-16. Gendered S(h)elves: Body and Identity in the Library. Women and Environments International 78/79 (2008): 16-18. Teaching the Radical Catalog. in Radical Cataloging: Essays at the Front, ed. K.R. Roberto. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2008. Librarians and the PATRIOT Act. Radical Teacher, 77 (2006): 12-14. Book Reviews Historical Dictionary of Homosexuality. College and Research Libraries. March 2010. Documentation. Libraries and the Cultural Record. 44.4, 2009. Case Studies in Library and Information Science Ethics. College and Research Libraries. May 2009. Questioning Library Neutrality. Social Responsibilities Round Table Newsletter. December 2008. Presentations Changing the Subject: Organizing Gender Studies Information in the Library. With Katelyn Angell and Jenna Freedman. Women and Society Conference. Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY. October 2013. Looking for Information Literacy: Syllabus Analysis for Data-Driven Curriculum Integration. With Katherine Boss. European Conference on Information Literacy. Istanbul, Turkey. October 2013. Looking for InfoLit: Using Syllabi to Map Strategic Instruction Integration. With Katherine Boss. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Evidence-Based Library and Information Practice. July 2013. Imagining the Future of Library Instruction: How Feminist Pedagogy Can Transform the Way You Teach and How Students Learn. Indianapolis, IN. ACRL 2013, April 2013. Questioning Authority: Standard Three and the Critical Classroom. Indianapolis, IN. ACRL 2013, April 2013. Sustaining Scholarship: Librarians and the Political Economy of Print. New York, NY. Library Association of CUNY, April 2013. Emily Drabinski 2
Shifting Conceptions of Literacy Terrains: Writing Center and Library Instruction in Third Spaces. San Diego, CA. International Writing Center Association Annual Conference, October 2012. Queering Library Classification. The Ohio State University. Queer Places, Practices, and Lives, May 2012. Reading from: Make Your Own History: Documenting Feminist and Queer Activism in the 21 st Century. Feminist Zine Fest NYC, February 2012. Radical Teacher as an Open Access Journal. CUNY. Open Access Scholarly Publishing as Thought and Action, October 2011. Reading Lesbians in the Library. Northwest Missouri State. Reception Studies Society Conference, September 2011. Sexing the Algorithm: Thinking Critically About Digital Information Organization. June Mazer Archives/University of California, Los Angeles. LGBT Archives, Libraries, and Museums Conference, June 2011. Classification As Text: Legible Ideologies, Resistant Readings. University of Wisconsin, Madison. Libraries in the History of Print Culture, September 2010. Locating Wojnarowicz: Moving through library systems, structures, and technologies. With Alana Kumbier. Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Articulation(s) Workshop, March 2010. Library Leadership: The Next Generation. CUNY Grad Center, New York. LACUNY Institute 2009, October 2009. Get Published!: Create Your Own (Unconventional) Opportunities. METRO, New York. Joint Publishing Panel, METRO and ACRL/NY, October 2009. Writing to Write: Kickstarting the Publication Process. ALA Annual Meeting, Chicago. ACRL New Members Discussion Group, July 2009. Using Google Forms for Instruction Evaluation. METRO, New York. BI SIG Discussion Group, June 2009. The Contested Language of Description and Access. University of Wisconsin, Madison. Joint Womenʼs Studies and LGBTQ Conference, April 2009. Gendered S(h)elves: Gender and Sexuality in the Library. New Orleans, LA. National Popular Culture & American Culture Conference, April 2009. Emily Drabinski 3
Queering Library Space: Notes Toward a New Geography of the Library. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Thinking Critically: Alternative Methods and Perspectives in Information Studies Conference, May 2008. Pedagogical Implications of GLBT Cataloging Practice. Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, CUNY. GLBT Archives, Libraries, Museums and Special Collections Conference, May 2008. Playing in the Collaborative Sandbox. National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education. NITLE Summit, April 2008. Classifying Gender: The Politics of Classification in the Sylvia Rivera Law Project Library Collection. CLAGS. Trans Politics, Social Change and Justice Conference, May 2005. Fact-checking for Independent Journalists. Grassroots Media Conference, April 2005. Library Experience Pratt School of Information and Library Science Adjunct Instructor. LIS 652: Information Resources and Services Fall 2013-present LIU Brooklyn Fall 2012-present Coordinator of Library Instruction. Coordinate curriculum-integrated information literacy instruction program. LIU Brooklyn Fall 2008-Summer 2012 Electronic Resources and Instruction Librarian. Provide reference and instruction across the University curriculum. Emphasis on combining emerging technologies with library instruction. Sarah Lawrence College Fall 2004-Summer 2008 Reference Librarian. Reference, instruction, and collection development in the social sciences and interdisciplinary humanities, with a focus on queer, womenʼs, and global studies. H.W. Wilson, Social Science Abstracts Spring 2004 Indexer. Responsible for political science and area studies scholarly journals. GLBT Historical Society Summer 2003 Cataloging intern. Designed and implemented cataloging system for collection of gay pulp novels. New York Public Library Fall 2001-Fall 2002 Emily Drabinski 4
Librarian Trainee. Performed all aspects of public library service with emphasis on adult and reference services. Prizes and Awards Liang and Bernard Schweizer Graduate Thesis Award, 2011 Louis and Ann Parascandola Graduate English Award, 2010 University Service Outcomes Assessment Fellow, Spring 2011-present Co-Chair, Gender Studies Board, Fall 2010-present Co-Chair, Library Public Relations, Fall 2011-present Co-Chair, Library Personnel Committee, Summer 2011-Spring 2012 Member, Library Personnel Committee, Fall 2010-Spring 2011 Member, Brooklyn Campus Faculty Review Committee, Fall 2011-present Professional Service Awards Committee, Miriam Braverman Prize, Spring 2011-present Series Editor, Gender and Sexuality in Librarianship, Fall 2008-present Out Behind the Desk edited by Tracy Nectoux, Summer 2011 Make Your Own History edited by Lyz Bly and Kelly Wooten, Summer 2012 Feminist Pedagogy for Library Instruction by Maria Accardi, Summer 2013. Board member, Radical Teacher, Fall 2007-present Professional Memberships American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, Progressive Librarians Guild Emily Drabinski 5