Education:
Ph.D. University of Kansas - Education
M.L.S. Emporia State University - Library and Information Management
M.A. University of Kansas - Education
B.F.A. University of Kansas - Design
Professional Library Experience:
Library Director of the Academic Support Center, 2007-date, Haskell Indian Nation University, Lawrence, KS,
Director of Library Programs, 2003-2007, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM,
Associate Librarian, Fine Arts Librarian 1991-2003, Fine Arts/Humanities Librarian 1999-2003, UMD Library, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
Coordinator of Bibliographic Instruction, 1991-1996, UMD Library, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
Coordinator of the Fine Arts Library, 1985-1989, Kansas City, Kansas Public Library, Kansas City, KS
Teaching Experience:
Professor, Adjunct, 2007-2008, Haskell Indian Nations University – Lawrence, KS, – Taught Art Appreciation: Native Arts and Culture
Professor, Adjunct, 2003-2004, Institute of American Indian Arts – Santa Fe, NM, – Taught Contemporary Native American Art
Assistant Professor, Fall semester 1999, University of Minnesota – Duluth, Study in England Program, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, Westhill Campus - Taught three courses: Library Research Skills, Survey of American Indian Arts, and Watercolor Painting
Assistant Professor, Adjunct, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 - American Indian Studies Department, University of Minnesota - Duluth,– Taught Survey of American Indian Arts, Chippewa History and Culture, and American Indians in the 20th Century
Assistant Professor, Adjunct, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 - Art Department, University of Minnesota - Duluth, Minnesota - Taught Watercolor Painting
Art Instructor, Spring Intersession 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 - University College, University of Minnesota - Duluth, Minnesota – Taught Creative Visions in Mexico art workshops – Watercolor Painting
Art Instructor, Adjunct, 1975-1978 and 1981-1985 - Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS - Taught 2D and 3D Design, Color Theory
Art Instructor, Adjunct, 1980-May 1981 - Saint Mary College, Leavenworth, KS
- Taught Introduction to Art Fundamentals
Teaching Assistant, 1978-1981 - Visual Arts Education department, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS - Taught Art Education for Elementary School Teachers
Coordinator and Instructor, 1975-1980 - Creative Experiences, Kansas City, Kansas Community College - Coordinated the year-round program that included a variety of creative arts classes. Taught art courses to grade school and junior high school students
Papers, Panels and Publications:
Key presentation at the National Conference of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Session titled “Good Managers, Great Leaders: What are they?” October 2007
Panel participant at the Leadership Institute, School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas. Session titled “Leadership, Libraries, and Diversity.” October 2007
Paper presented at the ARLIS/Central Plains Meeting at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. Paper titled “Native American Art Resources: Paper and Electronic,” September 2007
Paper presented at the 5th International Indigenous Librarians Forum, Brisbane, Australia. Paper titled “The Empowering of Art and Spirituality in Indigenous Women’s Art,” June 2007
Paper published in the “Spirituality in Higher Education Newsletter,” Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, Paper titled “The Empowering of Art and Spirituality,” in electronic format, vol. 3, issue 2, January 2007
Paper presented at the ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, Banff, Canada. Session titled “Speaking Out: Indigenous Artist and Collaborations with Museums, Universities, and Libraries.” Paper titled “How Art Libraries Support Indigenous Artists,” May 2006
Conference Planning Chair for the ARLIS/Mountain West and Central Plains chapters, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Conference title “Where Cultures, Museums, and Libraries Meet” October 2005
Paper presented at the 4th International Indigenous Librarians Forum, Regina, Saskatchewan. Paper titled “Responding to the Information Needs of Native Americans: Changes, Challenges, and Collaborations,” September 2005
Paper presented at the 2004 Plains Indian Seminar on Enduring Expressions: Music and Dance of the Great Plains, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming. Paper titled “Native Women’s Dance Regalia: Symbols and Sacred Images,” October 2004
Paper presented at the ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, New York City, New York. Session titled “Destruction and Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage Affected by Wars.” Paper titled “Repatriation of Native American Objects after Decades of Removal,” April 2004
Paper presented at the 3rd International Indigenous Librarians Forum, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Paper titled “A Physical Translation of Native American Philosophy into the Learning Place,” November 2003
Paper presented at the ARLIS/NA Mountain West Meeting at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming. Paper titled “Spirit, Symbols, and Stories: As Seen in Contemporary Native American Art,” October 2003
Paper presented at the University of Minnesota Duluth, Women’s History Month. Session titled “Life, Spirit, and Symbols: Art and Poetry of Two Ojibwe Women, March 2002.
Paper published “My Quest for Identity as Artist, Scholar, and Native American,” in Art Documentation, Bulletin of the Art Libraries Society of North American, vol. 20, no.2, Fall 2001.
Paper presented at the UMD First Reading XXI, Tweed Museum. Sponsored by the UMD Department of Philosophy, the College of Liberal Arts, the Tweed Museum of Art, Glensheen, the Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association. Paper titled “Native American Contemporary Art: Its Diverse Challenges,” April 2001.
Paper presented at the Art Libraries Society of North America Annual Conference in Los Angeles. Co-Moderator and panelist of a session titled Contemporary Native American Art: Challenges for Artists, Curators, Scholars, Librarians, and Educators. Paper titled “My Quest for Identity as Artist, Scholar, and Native American,” April 2001.
Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Session titled New Mexico Studies: Aesthetics in New Mexico. “Paper titled “Native American Contemporary Art,” March 2001.
Paper presented at the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Paper titled “The Survival of Native American Women’s Art of the Southwest: How Symbolism is used in their Art,” February 2000.
Paper presented at the Art Libraries Society/Mountain West Regional Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Paper titled “Survival of Native American Women’s Art of the Southwest: A Bibliography of Selected Resources,” November 1998.
Paper presented at the Women and Spirituality conference, “Activism and Spirituality: Building Faith, the Land and the People,” at Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota. Paper titled “The Spirituality of the Ojibwa Indian Women,” October 1998.
Paper presented at the international Plains Indian Seminar, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, and Cody, Wyoming. Paper titled "The Spirit of the Ojibwa Indian Woman Found in Artistic Images of Yesterday and Today,” September 1998
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Art Libraries Society of North America Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas. Co-
Moderator and panel participant on "Call to Action: What can WE DO to Educate Future Art
Librarians and Visual Resources Professionals," February 1997.
Presentation given at "Celebrating Creation" sponsored by the Education Department, University of Minnesota - Duluth. Paper titled "The Creation Story as told by an American Indian Christian Women Artist," December 1996.
Art Libraries Society of North America Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec. Panel participant on “Eye of the Beholder: The Union of Culture and Artistic Vision in Women.” Paper titled “A Gathering of the Spirits,” March 1995.
Book reviews published in Art Documentation, Bulletin of the Art Libraries Society of North
America, Fall Issue 1995, Volume 14, No. 3. Review of “Who’s Who in Graphic Design,”
Winter Issue 1994, Volume 13, No. 4. Review of “Spanish Artists from the Fourth
to the Twentieth Century: A Critical Dictionary," 1994.
Art Libraries Society of North America Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec. Co-Moderator and panel participant on “Librarian as Educator.” Paper titled “Facing the Reality of Students Preparation and Research Skills,” March 1995.
The Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning: Cases on Teaching, Learning and Faculty Development. Case study published: “Facing the Reality of Students Preparation and Research Skills: Problems Encountered in a Collaborative Effort between a Professor and a Librarian,” in collaboration with Deborah Petersen-Perlman, UMD Associate Professor in Communications, 1995.
Minnesota Library Association, Duluth, Minnesota. Moderator and panel participant on “The Virtual Reference Library: First Search, Electronic Data and Documents, and the Internet.” Paper titled “First Search,” 1994.
BI Conference, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, “Upside of Downsizing: Using Library Instruction to Cope.” Joint presentation of a paper with UMD Associate Professor in Communications, titled “Managing the Three-Ring Circus: A Case Study of Collaborative Teaching and Learning,” 1994.
Art Libraries Society of North America, Providence, Rhode Island. Co-Moderator and panel participant on “Lessons from the Trenches: Teaching Art Librarianship and Visual Resources Curatorship.” Paper titled Learning and Teaching Styles, 1994.
Art Libraries Society of North America, Providence, Rhode Island. Panel participant on “The Virtual Reference Library: Putting New Electronic Tools to Work in Reference and BI.” Paper titled “Advantages and Disadvantages of First Search and CD-ROMs on Electronic Data and Documents," 1994.
Lecture and slide presentation on “My Role as an American Indian Woman Artist,” to UMD class Creating Across Cultures, 1995 - 1999.
Bush Faculty Development Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Promoting a Culture of Collaboration: Working Together in the Interest of Learning. Joint presentation with Deborah Petersen-Perlman, UMD Associate Professor in Communications, titled “A Workshop on Collaborative Teaching and Learning in the Large Lecture Classroom,” 1993.
Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference, ACRL Division, Brainerd, Minnesota. Paper titled “Critical Thinking and BI.” 1992.
Published article “Censorship in the Arts,” in Great Plains Review of Information Transfer, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, 1990.
Art Libraries Society of North America and College Art Association Joint Session, Houston, Texas. Paper titled “Censorship in the Arts,” 1988
Selected Honors and Awards:
Enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe at Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Cass Lake, Minnesota.
ARLIS/NA, 2006 Conference Attendance Award to attend annual conference in Banff, Canada.
ARLIS/NA, 2001 Thames and Hudson Conference Attendance Award for outstanding contributions to ARLIS/NA as a committee member and group moderator.
ARLIS/NA, 1995 Frasier McConnell Travel Award recipient - for members of an ethnic or cultural group.
Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship, University of Kansas, 1978-81.
Skills:
Familiar with Microsoft Word, First Search Databases, Sirsi online system, Internet, and numerous other databases such as Expanded Academic Index, Project Muse, JSTOR, etc.
Experience in working with American Indian students, specifically in developing research, writing, critical thinking, and online searching skills.
Teaching skills as evidenced through many years of college teaching, at the Community College and University levels.
Managerial and leadership abilities and oral, written and communication skills as shown through serving as BI Coordinator for the University of Minnesota-Duluth Library and Head of the Fine Arts Library in KCK, and Library Director at the Institute of American Indian Arts and at Haskell Indian Nations University.
Professional Service:
Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA), 1987 - date.
Member of the Public Policy Committee, 2007 – date
Past Chair of the ARLIS/NA Mountain West Chapter, 2007 - date
Chair of the ARLIS/Mountain West Chapter, 2006 – 07
Vice-Chair of the ARLIS/Mountain West Chapter, 2005 - 06
Co-Chair and Member of the Diversity Ad Hoc Committee, 2000 - 04.
Chair of the Professional Development Committee, 1995 - 97.
Member of the Professional Development Committee, 1993 - 97.
Member of the Research Committee, 1993 - 95.
Member of the Women and Art Round Table, 1993 - date.
Member of the Academic Library Division, 1991 - date.
Moderator and Vice-Moderator of the Academic Library Division, 1992 - 94.
Member of the Reference and Information Services Section, 1991 - date.
Member of the Public Library Division, 1987 - 90.
Co-Moderator of the Public Library Division, 1989 - 90.
Vice-Moderator of the Public Library Division, 1988 - 89
Vice-Chair of the ARLIS/Central Plains Chapter, 1988 - 89.
Memberships:
American Library Association
Association of College and Research Libraries, 1991 - date.
Reference and Adult Services Divisions, 1991 - 98.
Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA), 1987 - date.
Academic Library Division, 1991 - date.
Reference and Information Services Section, 1991 - date.
Public Library Division, 1987- 1990.
Women and Art Round Table, 1993 – date.
New Art Round Table, 1994 – date.Art Libraries Society/Central Plains chapter, 1987 - date.
Art Libraries Society/Mountain Plains chapter, 2003 - date
LOEX - National Library Orientation-Instruction Exchange, 1991 - 96.
Art Exhibitions:
The 8th through 18th Annual Indian Arts Show: A juried Competition, watercolor paintings on exhibit September through October 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 at the University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology, Lawrence, Kansas.
The 54th Arrowhead Biennial juried art show, a seven state regional exhibit at the Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, Minnesota, December – February 2000-01.
The University of Minnesota campus wide art faculty exhibit All System Go at the Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, Minnesota, November – December 2000.
The twelfth Annual Lawrence Indian Arts Show at the University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology – Spooner Museum, September – October 2000. Won honorable mention for painting titled “Spirit House.”
One-person show at the Birger Sandzen Gallery, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas, January and February 1999.
UMD Art Department Faculty Biennial Art Exhibit, November and December 1996 and 1998, the Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota - Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
"Ombi Mazini-Kamigiziwin" Art Exhibit of regional American Indian artists, March 1998 at the Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Minnesota.
"Insiders: Works by Art Libraries Society of North America and VRA Members, March, 1998 at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
"Women of Spirit," juried art show with three other artists on exhibit November, 1997 through May, 1998 at the Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, Minnesota; MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, Minnesota; and the Johnson Heritage Post Gallery, Grand Marais, Minnesota.
Ojibwe Indian Art Exhibition Juried Art Show, watercolor paintings on exhibit Spring, 1996 and 1998 at Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota and the Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, Minnesota. Won first place cash award in watercolor painting in 1996.
Cover illustration of watercolor painting Mandala: Circle of Life, Art Documentation, Bulletin of the Art Libraries Society of North America, Volume 14, Number 4, Winter 1995.
Group exhibition, Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota, 1995.
Keepers of the Waters, Juried Exhibition, Grand Marais, Minnesota, 1994.
One-person Exhibition, Duluth Teachers Credit Union, Duluth, Minnesota, 1993,
One-person Exhibition, Campus Club, University of Minnesota-Duluth, 1993-96.
Juried Show “ Visionary Art of Women,” at Itasca Community College, Grand Rapids, Minnesota 1993-94.
Duluth Art Institute Members Show, Duluth, Minnesota, 1992-97.
Participation in 15 one-person exhibitions in Kansas and Missouri, 1975 - 2000.