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Abigail Phillips CV
Abigail Phillips CV
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Doctor of Philosophy, Information Studies, 2016
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Committee Chair: Marcia A. Mardis
Dissertation Title: The Empathetic Librarian:
Rural Librarians as a Source of Support for
Rural Cyberbullied Young Adults
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor August 2018 – Current
School of Information Studies
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Phillips, A., & Burns, D. (under review). Helping each other, to help others: Mental health
amongst LIS professionals. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion.
Phillips, A., & Lee, V. R. (under review). Whose responsibility is it? A statewide survey of school
librarians on responsibilities and resources for teaching digital citizenship. School Library
Research.
Phillips, A., & Anderson, A. (under review). Cyberbullying, digital citizenship, and youth with
Autism: LIS education as a piece in the puzzle. Library Quarterly.
Phillips, A., Recker, M., & Lee, V. (under review). A framework for characterizing 21st Century
school librarianship: How librarians enact innovative activities. School Libraries
Worldwide.
Phillips, A. (2017). Understanding empathetic services: The role of empathy in everyday library
work. Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, 8(1).
Phillips, A. (2015). Facebooking it: Promoting library services to young adults through social
media. Public Library Quarterly, 34(2), 1-20.
Phillips, A. (2014). What do we mean by library leadership? Leadership in LIS education. Journal
of Education in Library and Information Science, 55(4), 336-344.
Phillips, A. (2014). Systematic marketing facilitates optimal customer service: The marketing
audit of a rural public library system. Public Library Quarterly, 33(3), 1-16.
Phillips, A. (2014). More than just books: Librarians as a source of support for cyberbullied young
adults. Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, 4(1).
BOOK CHAPTERS:
Phillips, A. (under review). Secrecy, avoidance, shame, and misunderstanding: Where libraries
are failing to support mentally ill students and ways to change. In Julia Skinner and
Melissa Gross (Eds.). Underserved patrons in university libraries: Assisting students facing
trauma, abuse, and discrimination. Devon, U.K: Libraries Unlimited.
Phillips, A. (accepted). Neurodiverse patrons, making, and makerspaces: What does this look like
and how can it happen? In Maggie Melo and Jennifer Nichols (Eds.). Re-making the
Phillips, A. (2018). Youth perceptions of online harassment, cyberbullying, and “just drama”:
Implications for human-centered design. In Jen Golbeck (Ed.) Online Harassment. New
York, NY: Springer.
Phillips, A., Lee, V. R., & Recker, M. (2018). Supporting school librarian learning: New
opportunities for instructional technology collaboration with school librarians. In Robert
C. Branch (Ed.) Educational Media and Technology Yearbook. New York, NY: Springer.
Phillips, A. (2016). But what are teens doing online? Teenagers and digital media. In Paul G.
Nixon, Rajash Rawal, and Andreas Funk (Eds.) Digital Media Usage Across the Lifecourse.
Surry, England: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
Mon. L., & Phillips, A. (2015). Becoming social: Exploring library services for adults and teens in
social spaces. In Paul T. Jaeger and John Carol Bertot (Eds.) Advances in Librarianship, 39,
241-268.
Anderson, A. & Phillips, A. (to appear). Meeting teens where they are: Video ethnography as
research approach. Paper be presented at iConference 2019: Inform. Include. Inspire.
Washington, D.C.
Magee, R., & Phillips, A. (to appear). Mental health and the iSchools: Audiences and strategies for
support. Panel to be presented at iConference 2019: Inform. Include. Inspire. Washington,
D.C.
Rogowski, A., Phillips, A., Recker, M., Lee, V.R., (to appear) Design Capacity for Informal Learning
within Schools: An Analysis of School Librarians and Maker Activities. Paper to be
presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference, Toronto, ON,
CA.
Phillips, A., & Anderson, A. (2018). Cyberbullying, digital citizenship, and youth with Autism:
Global LIS education as a piece in the puzzle. In Wang, P., Green, A., & Assefa, S.(Eds.),
Proceedings of the Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual
Conference 2018. Denver, CO: ALISE.
Phillips, A., Lee, V. R., Hansen, J, & Recker, M. (2017). Librarians in transition: Investigating CSCL
potentials within the school library. In Brian K. Smith, Marcela Borge, Emma Mercier, and
Kyu Yon Lim (Eds.), Proceedings of Making a Difference: Prioritizing Equity and Access in
CSCL, 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning
(CSCL) 2017, Volume 1. Philadelphia, PA: International Society of Learning Sciences.
Phillips, A. (2016). The empathetic researcher: Applying research methods from anthropology to
LIS. In Lin and Khoo (Eds.), Proceedings of iConference 2016: Partnership with Society.
Philadelphia, PA: iSchools.
Phillips, A., Pho, A., McElroy, K., Gustavsen, N., Deibel, K., & Fox, V. (Eds.) (2019). Reserve and
renew: The LIS mental health zine.
Pho, A., McElroy, K., Gustavsen, N., Phillips, A., Deibel, K., & Fox, V. (Eds.) (2018). Reserve and
renew: The LIS mental health zine.
Phillips, A. (2016). Highlights-The life of a Young Adult Library Services Association Board Fellow.
Young Adult Library Services (YALS), Summer Issue, 4-6.
PRESENTATIONS
REFEREED PAPERS AT CONFERENCES - INTERNATIONAL:
Lee, V., Phillips, A., & Recker, M., & Rogowski, A. (2018). Educative maker activity materials for
small town librarians to support Connected Learning. 2018 Connected Learning Summit,
MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, MA.
Allen, W. & Phillips, A. (2018). Consensus analysis of shared beliefs among young adults about
anonymity in social media. International Conference of Social Media and Society 2018 in
Copenhagen, Denmark.
Cain, R., Phillips, A., & Lee, V. R. (2018). Making her way, One youth’s path to well-developed
interest in digital fabrication. NARST Annual International Conference 2017 in Atlanta,
GA.
Phillips, A., Lewis, W., Hansen J., Lee, V. R., & Recker, M. (2017). Bringing making to rural and
small libraries: Design hypotheses for youth maker program development. Digital Media
and Learning (DML) at the University of California, Irvine in Irvine, CA.
Coleman, L-E., & Phillips, A. (2017). Understanding empathy in the profession. Inclusive Museum
International Conference 2017 in Manchester, U.K.
Cain, R., Phillips, A., & Lee, V. R. (2017). Finding her niche in making, one youth’s interest
development over multiple years of working in a makerspace. Learning Sciences Graduate
Student Conference 2017 in Bloomington, IN.
Phillips, A., & Anderson, A. (2017). Opportunities for youth library services: Cyberbullying and
patrons with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Library Research Round Table Forum at
ALA Annual Conference 2017 in Chicago, IL.
Phillips, A. (2015). Digital citizenship and digital literacy as means of preventing cyberbullying
among young adults. Ethics Special Interest Group Panel Session, Association of Library
and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference 2015 in Chicago, IL.
Phillips, A. (2014). Let’s Facebook it: Promoting library services to young adults through social
media. Library Research Seminar VI in Urbana-Champaign, IL.
Phillips, A. (2017). Finding what fits: Approachability of makerspaces and making in the library.
Libraries 2.017: Makerspaces Virtual Conference.
Phillips, A., & Anderson, A. (under review). Zeroing in: Focusing on teen needs. To be presented
at the 2019 YALSA Young Adult Services Symposium in Memphis, TN.
Phillips, A., Burns, D., Grove, C. (2018). Advancing mental health within the profession:
Techniques and narratives for increased understanding. American Libraries Live.
Phillips, A. (2015). You have my empathy: What does empathy look like in the library? American
Library Association Annual Conference 2015 in San Francisco, CA.
Phillips, A., Rogowski, A., Lee, V., & Recker, M. (2018). STEM-geared Making for the busy
librarian. Utah Educational Library Media Association (UELMA) Annual Conference 2018
in West Valley City, UT.
Hansen, J., Phillips, A., Lee, V., & Recker, M. (2017). Makerspaces and school libraries: From
librarianship practices to implementation strategies. Utah Library Association Annual
Conference 2017 in Sandy, UT.
Phillips, A. (2017). Making in the library and connected learning. In Crystle Martin & Linda Braun
(Workshop Facilitators), Connecting youth interests to success: Frameworks and
strategies for informal educators. Digital Media & Learning (DML) Conference 2017 in
Irvine, CA.
Phillips, A. (2016). Assessing and improving your library's social media presence. Jewish Library
Association Annual Conference 2016 in Charleston, SC.
Phillips, A. (2015). Cyberbullying and the public librarian: How can I help? Public Library
Association. Webinar.
Phillips, A. (2018). New Member Round Table Presidential Program. American Library Association
Annual Conference 2018 in New Orleans, LA.
Phillips, A. (2017). New Member Round Table Orientation Session. American Library Association
Annual Conference 2017 in Chicago, IL.
Meter, D., Beckert, T., Budiszewski, R., & Phillips, A. (to appear). Social cognitive predicators of
cyberbullying: Media creating and forwarding. To be presented at the 2019 Biennial
Meeting of Society for Research in Child Development.
Wood, J., Phillips, A., & Mardis, M. (2016). Public and school libraries in the Florida Panhandle:
Straddling the Digital Divide. Poster Session at 8th International Conference on Qualitative
and Quantitative Methods in Libraries in London, UK
Anderson, A., & Phillips, A. (under review). Neurodiverse College Students and Digital Citizenship:
The Educational Role of Academic Librarians. To be presented at the American Library
Association Annual Conference 2019 in Washington, D.C.
Lee, V. R., Recker, M., Phillips A., & Rogowski, A. (2018). An asset-based framework for youth
maker development in libraries. Structured poster session at the American Education
Research Association (AERA) 2018 in New York, NY.
Phillips, A., & Anderson, A. (2017). Cyberbullying and young patrons with Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD). Works-in-Progress poster session at the Association of Library and
Information Science (ALISE) Annual Conference 2017 in Atlanta, GA.
Phillips, A. (2016). The empathetic librarian: Rural librarians as a source of support for
cyberbullied rural young adults. Work-in-Progress poster session at the Association of
Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference 2016 in Boston,
MA.
Phillips, A. (2015). What do librarians really think? Exploring librarians’ perceptions, attitudes, and
use of social media. Work-in-Progress poster session at the Association of Library and
Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference 2015 in Chicago, IL.
Phillips, A., Skinner, J., & Chatham, J. (2015). Cats in Space: Educating the public while searching
for cat likeness in NASA satellite images. Works-in-Progress poster session at the
Association of Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference 2015
in Chicago, IL.
Phillips, A. (2014). More than just books: Librarians as a source of support for cyberbullied young
adults. Work-in-Progress poster session at the Association of Library and Information
Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference 2014 in Philadelphia, PA.
Cain, R., & Phillips, A. (2017). From participant to mentor, A case study of youth interest
development in a Makerspace. Student Research Symposium at Utah State University in
Logan, UT.
ADVISING
Kathleen Wheller, Graduate Student Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS), School of
Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Faculty Advisor, ALA Student Chapter, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee
MENTORSHIP
Tegan Beese, former Master’s in Library and Information Science (MSLIS) Student, School of
Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ryan Cain, Doctoral Student, Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences,
Utah State University
Daniel Becker, Business and Humanities Librarian, Madeleine Clark Wallace, Wheaton College
Research and Writing Rally (RAWR) Group, Department of Instructional Technology and Learning
Sciences, Utah State University
Dylan Burns, Digital Scholarship Librarian, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
TEACHING
Faculty
Masters Level:
Adjunct
Masters Level:
Assessing and Improving Your Library’s August, 2016; June 2017; February 2018
Social Media Presence,
Library Juice Academy
Sacramento, CA
Undergraduate Level:
Lead Instructor
Undergraduate Level:
Teaching Assistant
Masters Level:
Undergraduate Level:
REVIEWING ACTIVITIES
Regular reviewer for Association of Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
Regular reviewer for American Library Association
Regular reviewer for Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults (JRLYA)
Regular Reviewer for School Library Research (SLR)
Regular reviewer for School Libraries Worldwide (SLW)
SERVICE
Professional:
Board Member, Young Adult Library Services Association, 2018 - 2020, American Library
Association
Treasurer, Special Interest Group Information Ethics and Policy, Association of Information
Science and Technology, 2017 - 2019
Co-Chair, Special Interest Group Youth Services, Association of Library and Information Science
Education, 2018 - 2020
Secretary/Treasurer, Library Research Round Table, 2017 - 2019, American Library Association
Taskforce Member, Presidential Advisory Taskforce, Young Adult Library Services Association,
2017 - 2018, American Library Association
Member, Youth Services Round Table, 2017-2018, Utah Library Association (ULA)
Chair, Nominating Committee, New Members Round Table, 2017 - 2019, American Library
Association
Member, Special Interest Group Youth Services, Association of Library and Information Science
Education
Member, Special Interest Group Information and Learning Sciences (InfoLearn), Association for
Information Science & Technology
Member, Governance Committee, New Members Round Table, 2017 - 2018, American Library
Association
Member, Governance Nominating Committee, Young Adult Library Services Association, 2015 -
2018, American Library Association
Chair, American Library Association 2017 Local Arrangements Committee, Young Adult Library
Services Association, 2016 - 2017, American Library Association
Member, American Library Association Conference Committee, Young Adult Library Services
Association Representative, 2016 - 2017, American Library Association
Member, American Library Association Committee on Professional Ethics, Young Adult Library
Services Association Representative, 2016 - 2017, American Library Association
Member, Nominating Committee, New Members Round Table, 2016 - 2017, American Library
Association
Member, Governance Committee, New Members Round Table, 2015 - 2017, American Library
Association
Doctoral:
Member-At-Large, Library Research Round Table, 2015 - 2017, American Library Association
Member, American Library Association Annual Local Arrangements Committee, Young Adult
Library Services Association, 2015 - 2016, American Library Association
Member, Midwinter Paper Presentation Committee, Young Adult Library Services Association,
2014 - 2016, American Library Association
Chair, Doctoral Student Special Interest Group, 2015-2016, Association of Library and Information
Science Education
Member, Special Interest Group Doctoral Student, Association of Library and Information Science
Education
Member, Special Interest Group Youth Services, Association of Library and Information Science
Education
Member, Competencies Update Taskforce, Young Adult Library Services Association 2014 - 2015,
American Library Association