VCU Libraries Faculty Vita
Jennifer Stout
Undergraduate Research Librarian
Research and Instructional Services
Room 135, James Branch Cabell Library
(804)828-8557
jastout@vcu.edu
Education
M.S. Library Science. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010.
B.A. Anthropology. University of Mary Washington, 2008.
Previous Professional Experience
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Doris and Harry Vise Library, Cumberland University, 2010-2012
Reference & Instruction Graduate Assistant
R.B. House Undergraduate Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009-2010
Reference Graduate Assistant
Walter Royal Davis Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008-2010
Graduate Research Consultant
Office of Undergraduate Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009
Publications
Review of The God Problem: Expressing Faith and Being Reasonable, by Robert Wuthnow, Library Journal, upcoming issue
Review of Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality, by Hanne Blank, Library Journal, April 15, 2012
Review of Performing American Masculinities: The 21st Century Man in Popular Culture, edited by Elwood Watson and Marc Edward Shaw, Tennessee Libraries, vol. 61, iss. 3
Review of The Wedding Night: A Cultural History, by Jane Merrill and Chris Filstrup, Library Journal, XPress Reviews, June 16, 2011
Review of Lucretia Mott's Heresy: Abolition and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America, by Carol Faulkner, Library Journal, June 1, 2011
Review of Julian of Norwich, Theologian, by Denys Turner, Library Journal, April 15, 2011
Presentations
"Transforming the freshman experience in our library...and yours!" (2012). With Amber Woodard. Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference Poster Session, Knoxville, TN.
"Cool Virgins: The Discourse of Christian Abstinence Movements." (2008). Southern Anthropological Society Annual Conference, Staunton, VA.
"Hair and Femininity." (2007). Southern Anthropological Society Annual Conference, Oxford, MS.
University Committee Work
VCU Libraries Committee Work
Professional Organizations
Beta Phi Mu (International Library & Information Studies Honor Society). Member. 2011-Present
American Library Association. Member. 2010-Present.
- ALA New Members Round Table. 2010-Present