Alana
Kumbier
Research and Instruction Librarian
Margaret Clapp Library
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
Email: akumbier @ wellesley.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Department of
Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University [2009]
Dissertation: Ephemeral Material: Developing a Critical Archival Practice
Committee: Dr. Maurice E. Stevens (Chair), David G. Horn, Timothy K. Choy, Leo Coleman
M.L.I.S., School of Library and Information
Science, Kent State University [2003]
Area of emphasis: Academic librarianship (reference and instruction)
Practicum: Development of online library instruction modules
for Ohio
Dominican University Library (see Projects page for details)
M.A., Department of Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University [2000]
Thesis: Resignifying AIDS: Locating Agency in the Context of the
Epidemic
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Terry
B.A., English/Creative
Writing, Southwest Missouri State University [1998]
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TEACHING
Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of Comparative Studies
[1998-2000; 2003-2007]
Courses taught as an independent
instructor:
- Comparative Studies 597.02:
Global Culture
- Comparative Studies 597.01:
Global Studies of Science and Technology
- Comparative Studies 367.02:
Science, and Technology in American Culture
- Comparative Studies 367.01:
American Identity in the World
- Comparative Studies 305:
Medicine and the Humanities
- Comparative Studies 204:
Science and Literature
- English 110: First Year
Writing
Please consult my Teaching page for details.
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Comparative Studies Teaching
Award [2005-2006]
- Micheal G. Riley International
Academic Scholarship from the College of Humanities, Ohio State University
[Spring 2006]
- Graduate Small Research
Grant from the College of Humanities, Ohio State University [Spring
2006]
- Travel to Collections Grant, Newcomb College Center for Research on
Women, Tulane University [March 2005]
- Graduate Small Research
Grant from the College of Humanities, Ohio State University. [Spring
2004]
- Richard Bjornsorn Award
for best graduate student paper in Comparative Studies [2004]
- August Alpers Student Leadership
Award, School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University
[2004]
PUBLICATIONS
Co-Editor with Emily Drabinski and Maria Accardi for Critical Library Instruction: Theories and Methods. Forthcoming form Library Juice Press, Fall 2009.
Please see the Writing page for a list of publications in the academic and alternative press.
PRESENTATIONS
- "Queer Archiving from the Ground Up." Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Archives,
Libraries, Museums, and Special Collections Conference (GLBT ALMS
2008). Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (GLAGS), City University of
New York. [May 2008]
- "Beyond
Accomodation: Enabling Transformative Access." Thinking Critically:
Alternative Methods and Perspectives in Information Studies. Center for
Information Policy and Reseach, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee [May 2008]
- "Radical Library Resources." With Aiden Graham. Boston Skillshare. [April 2008]
- "Drag Kings of New
Orleans: Documenting Cultural History." With Cristina Hernandez.
American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference. Presentation sponsored
by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Round Table. [June 2006]
- "Path to the Ph.D."
Invited panel presentation. ALA Spectrum Institute. [June 2006]
- "Haunting the Archives:
History, Memory and the (Im)Material." Space, Haunting, Discourse
Conference. Karlstad, Sweden. [June 2006]
- "Genetic Genealogy:
Bodies of Data at the Limits of the Archive." Archival Bodies:
Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference. [February 2006]
- "Drag Kinging: Politics,
Performance, and Community.” Invited presentation, Newcomb College
Center for Research on Women. [March 2005]
- "When Drag Kings Meet
the IRB: An Exploration into the Methods and Ethics of Oral History."
With Cristina Hernandez. Women’s and Gender Studies Section, Southwestern
Social Science Association. [March 25, 2005]
- "Negotiating the Archives:
History, Memory and Representation." Libraries, Archives, Museums
and Popular Culture Area. Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association.
[February 2005]
- "Queering Diabetes."
Queer Matters, London, England. [May 28, 2004]
- "Resignifying AIDS:
Queer (Photo)Graphics." Protest Issues and Actions Section. Popular
Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference.
[April 2000]
- Presentations, panels
and workshops at annual International Drag King Extravaganzas:
"Making History."
With Julia Applegate and Christa Orth [IDKE 8, 2006]
"Documenting Drag King Culture." With Cristina Hernandez,
Donna J. Troka, and Erin O’Neill [IDKE 6, 2004]
"Performing Whiteness." With Donna J. Troka and Melanie
Corn [IDKE 5, 2003]
"Drag and Race." With Jennifer Kovar [IDKE 4, 2002]
Academic conference coordinator [IDKE 2, 2000 and IDKE 3, 2001]
SERVICE
- Volunteer reference librarian,
Radical Reference [2005-present]
- Curriculum Committee. Department of Comparative Studies, OSU [2006-2007]
- Graduate Studies Committee.
Department of Comparative Studies, OSU [2004-2006]
- Volunteer, Community
Research Partners, Columbus, Ohio.
Conducted and composed literature reviews on student mobility and community
building initiatives; developed filing system for electronic documents
and newspaper clippings; assisted with the compilation of community
data for research reports. [2002-2003]
- Steering Committee Member.
International Drag King Extravaganza [2003-2007]
- Curriculum Committee. School
of Library and Information Science, KSU [Fall 2003]
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
- American Library Association:
ACRL, WSS, GLBTRT
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