
Name:
Dusty Ross
Email address:
Phone number:
(828) 262-2806
Office address:
Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 148
Job title:
Lecturer Librarian
Rank:
Assistant Professor
Team:
Learning and Research Services
Liaison Areas:
- Communication
- Government and Justice Studies
- Criminal Justice
- Political Science
- Public Administration
- Human Development & Psychological Counseling
- Theatre and Dance
Library Responsibilities:
- Information Literacy & Instruction - provide face-to-face, synchronous online, and asynchronous instruction and liaison services in Social Sciences, First Year Seminars, Rhetoric and Composition, Writing Across the Curriculum, and other areas as needed.
- Marketing and Outreach - Develop strategies to develop and promote best practices in online instructional pedagogy within the library, academic departments, and support programs.
- Instructional Materials – Create, design, and manage the instructional materials repository.
- eLearning - Develop eLearning instructional tools and resources in consultation with the eLearning librarian.
- Research Assistance and Public Services - Provide reference and research assistance in person and online and participate in team public services and programming initiatives.
Education:
- Master of Library and Information Studies, 2020, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Online Teaching Certificate, 2020, Quality Matters
- Certificate in Rhetoric and Composition, 2014, Appalachian State University
- Master of Arts in English, 2012, Georgia State University
- Bachelor of Arts in English, 2006, Appalachian State University
Scholarly Interests:
- Information Literacy
- Assessment
- Humanities Research Methods
- Art and Literary Theory and Criticism
- Rhetoric and Composition
Affiliations:
- Member: American Library Association
- Member: Association of College & Research Libraries
- Member: Southeastern Library Association
- Member: African Literature Association
- Member: Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies
- Member: Society for the Study of Southern Literature
- Board Member: Banner Elk Book Exchange
- Board Member: Western North Carolina Sculpture Center
- Secretary: Watauga County Beekeepers Association