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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

University College Curriculum Committee. Member. 2012-Present.

VCU Libraries Committee Work

VCUL LibQual Survey Committee. 2013.

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

Research Interests

Instruction and User Education, Information Literacy, Readers' Advisory, Gender Studies