Erin Durham Wright
AOK Library
About
As a Reference and Instruction Librarian at AOK Library and Gallery, Erin Durham Wright provides research support to faculty and students in the English, History, Modern Language, Music, Theatre, and Dance departments. In addition to her work as a librarian, Erin is an avid runner and hiker, an enthusiast for the outdoors, and a violin performer and teacher.
Research interests
Erin has presented and published on critical pedagogy, critical information literacy, Open Educational Resources (OERs), and the intersection of libraries and writing centers.
Teaching interests
Erin draws upon critical pedagogy praxis in her teaching and seeks to create space in the classroom to engage in conversations about the research process and information privilege and accessibility.
Education
- Other, Instructional Systems Development — University of Maryland Baltimore County (2022)
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MA, History
— University of Maryland, College Park (2018) In Pursuit of Reform, Whether Convict or Free: Prison Labor in Maryland in the Early Twentieth Century
- MLIS, Library and Information Science — University of Maryland, College Park (2018)
- , Music — MM, Brigham Young University (2014)
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BA, History
— Oberlin College (2009) Self-Culture and the Community Lyceum
- , Music — BM, Oberlin Conservatory (2009)
Publications
- Tune up your #critlib toolkit: Scaffolding critical information literacy discussions with upper level students 2022
- Partnering with Peer Mentors to Engage First Year Composition Students 2021
- Advancing an Open Educational Resource initiative through collaborative leadership 2020
- SoTL as professional development: Participating in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning as an LIS graduate student 2019
- Utilizing university archives to teach students the complexities of neutrality
Presentations
- They Asked, We Answered: Responsive Librarianship in the Face of Student Requests 2023
- Contributing to the Scholarly Conversation: Using Asset-Based Pedagogy in the Library Classroom 2023
- Ignite Lightning Talk: Expand your pedagogical reach with research process LibGuides 2023
- Supporting faculty and students with OER 2021
- Beyond Zoom Zombies: Centering Critical Pedagogy in the Virtual Classroom, 2021
- Purpose, People, Process: Building OER Sustainability 2021
- My voice don’t matter? Combatting neoliberal discourse of student agency in college research and writing 2021
- Advocating for library staff safety during COVID-19 2020
- The myth of neutrality: Decentering whiteness in the writing center and library. 2020
- Tune up your #critlib toolkit: Scaffolding critical information literacy discussions with upper level students 2020
- Shining a Light on Women Composers: Resource Sharing and Collection Development Committee Session II 2020
- MISSION NOT-IMPOSSIBLE- Open Educational Resources And Accessibility- Two Roadmaps For Strategic Collaboration To Support The Institutional Mission/Vision 2019
Research in Progress
- Whose voice matters? Co-Creating Knowledge Practices in Libraries and Writing Centers, Chapter for Inclusive Pedagogies book, Association of College and Research Libraries Press. 2021