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Kawanna Michelle Bright

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  • Dr. Kawanna Bright is Assistant Professor of Library Science at East Carolina University (ECU). Prior to ECU, Dr. Bright held the position of Assistant Professor of the Practice of Library &; Information Science at the University of Denver. Dr. Bright earned her doctorate in Research Methods &; Statistics from the University of Denver in 2018 and her MLIS from the University of Washington iSchool in 2003. Prior to earning her doctorate, Dr. Bright worked as an academic librarian specializing in public services. Her research focuses on the application of research methodology to the study of LIS, library assessment, diversity in libraries, and the role of liaison librarians.

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  • ARL Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee 2024 - 2026
  • ALISE Advancement Committee 2024 - 2025
  • IFLA Library Theory and Research Section Elected as a member of theIFLA Library Theory and Research Section for August 2021 - August 2025. 2021 - 2024
  • Editor, JELIS Book Reviews Served as the book review editor of theJournal of Education for Library & Information Science. 2021 - 2024
  • Library Assessment Conference Serve as a judge for the Library Assessment Conference poster session 2024
  • In the Library with a Lead Pipe Invited to review an article as part ofIn the Library with a Lead Pipe'sopen review process. 2023
  • ALISE 2024 Conference Juried Paper and Panel Proposal Reviewer 2023
  • IMLS Library Statistics Working Group Serve as an expert reviewer and provide expert guidance for IMLS related statistical programs. 2023
  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University High School Push-In Program to Encourage Pursuit of a Career in Library Science Serve as a member of the Advisory Board for theWeill Medical College of Cornell University High School Push-In Program to Encourage Pursuit of aCareer in Library Science. This is an IMLS grant funded initiative. As a member of the Board, I will be asked to contribute to the devleopment of the curriculum for the program, participate in the presentation of the curriculum for one module, and serve in a general capacity to support other aspects of the grant project. 2023
  • Reference Services Review Co-guest editor for a special issue ofReference Services Review 2022 - 2023
  • Antiracism Immersion Institute Curriculum Development Participating in a curriculum development and design sprint to develop curriculum for an Antiracism Immersion Institute for librarians. 2022
  • ACRL Proficiencies for Assessment Librarians and Coordinators ACRL Proficiencies for Assessment Librarians and Coordinators Reviewer 2022
  • Open Information Science Reviewer Review articles for Open Information Science 2022
  • The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI) Invited to serve as a member of the editorial board forThe International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI) 2022
  • 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-56) 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-56) Invited Paper Reviewer 2022
  • ALISE '22 Served as the session moderator for the Amplifying Marginalized Voices Breakout Session 2022
  • Accreditation Support the LIBS program's reaccreditation process by serving as co-author of part of the accreditation report: Section V.. Administration, Finances, and Resources. Also support the report development and formatting by standardizing tables and charts and supporting data standardization throughout the report. 2019 - 2022
  • ALISE 2022 Annual Conference ALISE 2022 Annual Conference Proposal Reviewer 2021
  • Invited Paper Reviewer Invited to review a submitted paper for the HICSS-56 conference. 2021
  • ALISE Community conn@CT Mini-grants Committee Serve as a membere of theALISE Community conn@CT Mini-grants Committee, tasked with reviewing applications for theALISE Community conn@CT Mini-grants program. 2020 - 2021
  • ALA EDI Assembly The purpose of this EDI Assembly is to provide a forum for all groups within ALA and ALA-affiliated organizations working on initiatives related to equity, diversity, and inclusion to discuss their activities, identify opportunities for collaboration and coordination, and explore new initiatives related to the association's strategic direction for equity, diversity, and inclusion. 2019 - 2021
  • CALL Summit Planning Invited to participate in the Collaborative Analysis Liaison Librarians (CALL) Spring Summit planning as an external expert. 2021
  • IFLA Journal Invited Reviewer Invited to review for theIFLA Journal. 2021
  • Library Quarterly Invited to review manuscripts forLibrary Quarterly starting in January 2022. 2021
  • Proposal Reviewer Serve as a reviewer of ALISE Juried Paper submissions for the 2022 conference. 2021
  • The Future of Youth Public Librarian Education Co-Design Expert Panel The co-design sessions are a part of the IMLS-funded initiative, The Future of Youth Public Librarian Education, launched in 2020. In 2020/21 the project team completed an environmental scan, administered a survey, and conducted focus groups and listening sessions with practitioners, library administrators, LIS faculty, and out-of-school experts from across the country. Analysis of this data resulted in an understanding of the mindsets and skills currently required of public library youth services staff. The project's next phase is to work with twelve co-designers who represent a variety of perspectives including practitioners, library administrators, LIS faculty, and out-of-school experts from across the United States to co-design what a future-ready LIS youth services curriculum must encompass.
    In order to move this next phase forward, the project team will host three 90 minute co-design sessions and one three hour design sprint. These sessions will be led by Linda Braun and Juan Rubio. The co-design format will enable the project team to learn with invited co-designers and to better understand what a successful equity-based and community-based youth services curriculum needs to include.
    The co-design sessions will be held from 3:30 to 5PM Eastern on Sundays:
    March 6March 20April 2
    The Design Sprint will be held on Sunday, April 24. (The time of the three hour Design Sprint will be determined via a survey of participating co-designers.) 2021
  • Volunteer Session Moderator Served as a moderator for two live sessions during the South Carolina Conference on Information Literacy, August 4, 2021. 2020
  • ALISE Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Taskforce The taskforce is charged withadvising ALISE on strategies for increasing our "diversity" footprint. The goals are to increase participation from and provide better support to people of color, under-represented groups across equity, diversity, and inclusion lines, as well as to identify strategies for infusing more diverse thinking and strategies in pedagogy, curriculum, programs, and other ALISE activities. Members of this taskforce are appointed to serve through the end of the ALISE 2021 Conference. 2020
  • IMLS National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program Field Reviewer Serve as a field reviewer for the IMLS National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program. Reviewed six proposals. 2020
  • ALISE 2021 Annual Conference Serve as a proposal reviewer for the ALISE 2021 Annual Conference 2020
  • ALISE/Connie Van Fleet Award for Research Excellence in Public Library Services to Adults Reviewer Serve as a membere of the group that will review applications for theALISE/Connie Van Fleet Award for Research Excellence in Public Library Services to Adults 2020
  • IMLS National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program Field Review Served as a reviewer for the IMLSNational Leadership Grants for Libraries Program - Field Reviews. 2020
  • ALISE '20 Conference Proposal Reviewer Serve as a proposal reviewer for theALISE '20 Conference. 2020
  • IMLS national Leadership Grants for Libraries Review Panel Served on a review panel for the IMLS National Leadership Grants for Libraries to review grant proposal applications. Reviewed 16 proposals. 2020
  • Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS) Serve as a reviewer for theJournal of Education for Library and Information Science(JELIS). 2020
  • Library Diversity and Residency Studies Serve as a peer reviewer for ;Library Diversity and Residency Studies. 2020
  • The Journal of Academic Librarianship Serve as a peer reviewer for The Journal of Academic Librarianship 2020
  • Evidence Based Library & Information Practice Serve as a reviewer for Evidence Based Library & Information Practice (EBLIP). ;EBLIP ;is a peer reviewed, open access journal published quarterly by the ;University of Alberta Learning Services. ;EBLIP ;publishes original research and commentary on the topic of evidence based library and information practice, as well as reviews of previously published research (evidence summaries) on a wide number of topics. ; 2019
  • Library Instruction Round Table Leadership Retreat Participated in this two-day retreat to help the Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) of the American Library Association with their organizational planning. Participation was based on previous role as past-president and also current research. 2019
  • American Library Association's Committee on Research and Statistics Serve as a member of the American Library Association's Committee on Research and Statistics. 2018 - 2019
  • Becoming a Stronger Researcher-Practitioner: Research Methods in Library and Information Science (LIS) Workshop Co-instructor of this invited workshop that focuses on preparing library science practioners to be better researchers. Co-instructors are Dr. Krystyna Matusiak (University of Denver) and Dr. Mónica Colón-Aguirre (East Carolina University). This workshop is offered as part of the ;Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice in Library Science; Librarianship, Information Studies & News Media International Perspective Congress and Seminar, hosted by the ;Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas y de la Información, ;UNAM and the ;International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA):Latin America and the Caribbean Section (LAC) /Sección de América Latina y elCaribe and ;Library Theory and Research (LTR) / Sección de Teoría e Investigación ;Bibliotecológicas. 2019
  • LIBRI Serve as a reviewer for ;LIBRI ;for relevant articles based on my experiences and expertise. 2019

preferred title

  • Assistant Professor of Library Science