Rita Reinsel Soulen

Positions

Contact Info

252-737-4352

Publications in VIVO

Overview

overview

Dr. Soulen is an Assistant Professor of Library Science with a focus on school librarianship and Children's/Young Adult literature in the Department of Interdisciplinary Professions, College of Education, East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. She also has experience as a practicing school librarian and teacher in Virginia and North Carolina. Dr. Soulen's research centers on collaboration and children's access to reading materials.

Publications

selected publications

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- School Librarians and Teachers Embracing Community in Practice: Knowledge and Use of Digital Literacies and Media
  . Synergy. 23. 2025
- School Librarians and Teachers Embracing Community in Practice:Knowledge and Use of Digital Literacies and Media. North Carolina Libraries. Vol 83 Issue 1 Spring/Summer 2025. 2025
- Developing an Empathic Analysis: Using Critical Literacy, Dialogue, and Inquiry with Literature to Explore the Issues with Gender Labels
  . Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. 68:14-22. 2024
- Inspired by the past to serve our learners today. Knowledge Quest. 51:10-11. 2023
- MVG and the School Library Ladies: Our Legacy/Their Vision. Knowledge Quest. 51:18-21. 2023
- The Science of Reading and School Libraries. Knowledge Quest. 2023
- Examining the School Librarian's Role in New Teacher Resilience. Knowledge Quest. 50:58-60. 2022
- Reading in Transformative Times: Children's Frequency of Access to Public Library Materials Relative to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. Journal of Library Administration. 62:438-464. 2022
- Diverse Literature for All: A Research-Practice Partnership to Strengthen Collection Development. Teacher Librarian. 2021
- Enabling Collaboration through Mentorship: Examining the Role of the School Librarian. School Library Research. 24. 2021
- Students' Frequency of Access to School Library Materials in Transformative Times. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (JLIS). 2021
- Resilience in the Aftermath: School Libraries and Rebounding After Trauma. School Libraries Worldwide. 26. 2020
- School Librarian Interventions for New-Teacher Resilience: A CLASS II Field Study. School Library Research. 23. 2020
- The Continuum of Care: A Model for Collaboration with New Teachers. Knowledge Quest. 2020
- Developing an Empathic Analysis: Using Critical Literacy, Dialogue, and Inquiry with Literature to Explore the Issues with Gender Labels. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy.
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- How School Librarians Contribute to Building Resilience in New and Beginning Teachers. Libraries Unlimited. 2019
proceedings
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- Book review of "School Libraries Supporting Literacy and Wellbeing," 2023

Service

professional service activities

School Library Research (SLR) Two-year appointment to School Library Research (SLR) Editorial Board 2021 - 2023
Knowledge Quest (KQ) Two-year appointment to Knowledge Quest (KQ) Editorial Board. Content liaison for the Jan/Feb 2023 issue. 2021 - 2023
AASL Educators of School Librarians Section Community of Scholars Two year appointment. 2023
Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) School Library Special Interest Group (SIG) Co-convener ALISE School Library SIG; SIG Talk 2021 - 2023
American Library Association (ALA) Reaccreditation Organizer on the ground activities for ALA reaccreditation site visit 2021 - 2022
International Association of School Librarians (IASL), Reviewer Reviewer, professional strand proposals, International Association of School Librarians (IASL) 2022 Annual Conference 2021
American Association of School Librarians (AASL 2022) Research Grants Reviewer for AASL 2022 Research Grants 2021
Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Invited reviewer for Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS), published by ALISE 2021
American Library Association (ALA) Self Study Co-author for Standard II: Curriculum of the ALA Program Reaccreditation and Biennial Report Working Group 2019 - 2021
Practice Committee American Association of School Librarians 2019 - 2020
Judge 2020 ALISE Jean Tague-Sutcliffe Doctoral Poster Competition Association for Library and Information Science Educators 2020

Background

education and training

B.A. in Middle Education/Grades 4-8, William and Mary
M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction, Old Dominion University
Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Old Dominion University

Contact

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Scholars @ ECU

Positions

Rita Reinsel Soulen

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