Copley Connects - Fall 2018

Faculty and Staff Anniversaries

THIS FALL, SEVERAL MEMBERS of the Copley Library faculty and staff were recognized for their years of service to the University of San Diego. We congratulate and celebrate our colleagues.

Left to Right: Rick Stoppelmoor, Hugh Burkhart, and Christopher Marcum.

New Faculty at Copley Library Vanjury “V.” Dozier joined the faculty of Copley Library as the new embedded Education Librarian for the School of Leadership and Education Sciences (SOLES). She comes to Copley Library from the University of Alabama where she served as the Education Librarian. She has also held varied reference and technical library positions at other institutions including Mississippi State University and Stillman College. Notably, V. holds Secondary English Education teaching certificates in North Carolina and Alabama. She has a strong technology background. V. is an experienced workshop presenter on topics such as developing a literature review and using Nvivo for literature reviews; research strategies for graduate students; finding appropriate resources for qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research; and citation managers (e.g., Endnote, Refworks, and Zotero). V. has served on committees for university, local, and national organizations. She currently is a member of the Education and Behavioral Sciences Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries Curriculum Materials Committee. As an emerging researcher, her research agenda includes interests in the experiences of librarians of color, educational technology, and graphic novels as educational tools. V. earned her BA at Tuskegee University, where she majored in English. She received her MA in Teaching, Secondary English Education at Duke University, and her MLIS in Library Science from the University of Alabama. She is currently completing the requirements for a PhD in Instructional Leadership, with an emphasis in Instructional Technology.

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