Dr. Jennifer Richey

Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Studies

Video Introduction

Professional Preparation

Ph.D., 2011, University of Texas at Austin, School of Information

M.S.I.S., 2005, University of Texas at Austin, School of Information, Concentration in School Librarianship

Professional Certification for Secondary English (6-12) and School Librarian (EC – 12) in the State of Texas

B.A., University of Texas at Austin, College of Liberal Arts, English with minors in Secondary Education and Spanish

Professional Experience

• Elementary School Librarian
• Assistant Instructor, School of Information, University of Texas at Austin
• Teaching Assistant, School of Information, University of Texas at Austin
• Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Texas at Austin
• English/Language Arts teacher
• Special Education Aid

Teaching

• Master’s Level: LS 5233 Multimedia Resources and Services, LS 5333 School Library Media Center, LS 5443 Librarians as Instructional Partners, LS 5623 Advanced Literature for Young Adults 

Scholarship

• Richey, Jennifer. (2012). Motivators and Barriers to Sexual Health Information Provision in High School Libraries: Perspectives from District level Library Coordinators and High School Principals. School Library Research, 15. Available from http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/slr/vol15/
  SLR_MotivatorsandBarriers_V15.pdf.
• Davenport, D., Richey, J., and Westbrook, L. (2008). E-government access to social service information: State web resources for domestic violence survivors. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 59(6), 903-915.

Honors

• Charles and Alice Reeves Endowment Recipient, 2010
• Youth, Community, Libraries: Empowerment for Success Fellowship Recipient from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2005 – 2008
• Beta Phi Mu, International Library and Information Studies Honor Society
• Phi Beta Kappa, Liberal Arts Honor Society
• Pi Lambda Theta, Education Honor Society
• Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor Society

Service

• Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Membership Committee
• Librarian's Choices book review committee
• Texas Association of School Librarians (TASL) Scholarship Committee
• Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) Annual Conference volunteer
• Federation of North Texas Area Universities Committee
• TWU Student Health Advisory Council
• SLIS Doctoral Committee and SLIS Enrollment Management Committee
• GLISA Advisor
• Member: Texas Library Association (TLA), American Library Association (ALA), Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA), American Association of School Librarians (AASL), Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), International Reading Association (IRA)