EDUCATION
The University of Alabama
PhD Student, College of Communication & Information Science, School of Library & Information Studies, 2024-
East Carolina University
Master of Library Science, Public Library Concentration, 2024
University of South Florida
Bachelor of Arts, English, Literature, 2009
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Advocacy & social justice in libraries; Political threats to libraries; LGBTQIA+ issues in libraries; Rural, Southern and Appalachian libraries
PUBLICATIONS (peer-reviewed)
Anderson, G. C. (2024). The prevalence of children’s programming related to gender identity in North Carolina public libraries, including Drag Queen Story Hours or other drag events. Public Library Quarterly, 43(5), 620-637. https://doi.org/10.1080/01616846.2024.2302238
Lee, J. G. L., Roby, M., Cofie, L. E., LePrevost, C. E., Harwell, E. L., Reed, E. C., Nieuwsma, J., Bloss, J. E., Anderson, G. C., Santillán-Deras, J. R., Moore, M. A., Ketterman, E., & Russell, R. G. (2024). Internet devices and internet access among migrant and seasonal farmworkers, North Carolina, 2023. Public Health Reports, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00333549241295632
RESEARCH
Racial justice in public libraries
with Bharat Mehra, 2025-
Beyond the binary in banned books: Examining drag and trans identities in censored children’s literature
with Jamie Campbell Naidoo, 2024-
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past:” Personal narratives of patron relationships with libraries from childhood to today’s political conflicts
with Amelia C Hill, 2024-
Community-engaged, applied research to advance digital equity in rural agricultural communities
with Laupus Health Science Library, East Carolina University, 2023-2024
Title: Electronic Resources Librarian, Assistant Professor
Email address: Email me
Phone: (828) 262-2187