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VCU Libraries Faculty Vita

Kevin Farley

Kevin Farley

Collection Librarian for Humanities (Assistant Professor)
Collection Management, James Branch Cabell Library, 213
Email: kdfarley@vcu.edu | (804) 828-8772

Education

Ph.D. English. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998.
M.L.S. Library Science. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998.
M.A. English. Kent State University, 1986.
B.A. English and Philosophy. Old Dominion University, 1984.

Previous Professional Experience

Bibliographer for English, Journalism, and Speech
University of Georgia at Athens, 1999-2001

Presentations

"Milton Downed: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying about the Book.". Eighth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. UCLA.. 2010

"Some Good, Perchance: Shakespeare's Failures". Shakespeare at Kalamazoo. 2005

"Donne's Transgressions". Renaissance Imprisonment Conference, HM Tower of London, UK. 2004

"Raleigh and the Conditions of Elizabethan Authorship". Citadel Conference on English Literature, Charleston, South Carolina. 2002

University Committee Work

University Hearing Board. 2007 - present.

VCU Libraries Committee Work

Professional Development Committee. 2009 - 2010.

VCU Libraries Grievance Board. 2008-2009.

Professional Organizations

American Library Association. 1995 - present.

Association of College and Research Libraries. 2004 - present.

Collection Management Subject Areas

African American Studies, Cinema, English, French, German, History, International Studies, Mass Communications, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Spanish, World Languages and Literature.

Research Interests

Cultural Studies, Literary Theory, Media Studies, History of the Book and Emergent Textualities, Libraries as Experimental Social Environments.

Community Activities

CHOICE: Reviewer for English Renaissance Literature and Literary Theory. 2007 - present.

Member: Virginia Historical Society. 2009 - present.

Member: Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens. 2008 - present.