Lecturer
Department of STEM Education & Professional Studies

Kristie Escobar

757-683-3237

EDUCATION BUILDING
NORFOLK, 23529

Ph.D. in Information, Florida State University , (2019)

M.L.I.S. in , Florida State University, (2017)

M.S. in Humanities with Concentration in English Literature, Tiffin University , (2014)

Expertise

Library Science
Research Methods in Library Science
Library Information Services
Collection Development, Information Organization, Youth Services
Information Technology Education
Information Behavior

Articles

Escobar , K. L. (2020). It鈥檚 okay to be confused鈥: LGBTQAI+ teen novels as sexuality and sexual health information resources. The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults 11 (1).
Everhart, N. and Escobar, K. L.. (2018). Conceptualizing the information seeking of college students on the autism spectrum through participant viewpoint ethnography. Library & Information Science Research 40 (3-4) , pp. 269-276.

Presentations

( 2020). What Do Youth Service Librarians Need? Reassessing Goals and Curricula in the Context of Changing Information Needs and Behaviors of Youth Paper Association for Library and Information Science Education .
( 2019). Youth services in the global learning community Paper Association of Library and Information Science Education .
  • 2020: Florida State University iSchool Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award , Florida State University
  • 2019: American Library Association Young Adult Library Services Association Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship , American Library Association
  • 2019: Florida State University iSchool Doctoral Researcher of the Year , Florida State University

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