Alana
Kumbier
Research and Instruction Librarian
Margaret Clapp Library
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
Email: akumbier @ wellesley.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (ABD), Department of
Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University
Passed candidacy exams in June 2005. Dissertation in progress.
Working dissertation title: "Ephemeral Material: Developing a Critical Archival Practice"
Advisor: Dr. Maurice E. Stevens
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]
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.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Graduate Research Assistant,
Columbus Program, School of Library and Information Science, Kent State
University [2002-2003]
- Library Assistant, Access
Services, Howard Tilton Memorial
Library, Tulane University.
Joint appointment in Circulation and Interlibrary Loan; supervised student
workers on weekend shifts. [2000-2001]
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
Please see the Writing
page for a list of publications in the academic and alternative press.
PRESENTATIONS
- "Resisting
the Archive." 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. [forthcoming: 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 [forthcoming: 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
index
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: writing : projects
: contact
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