Lauren Hays Author & Editor

Melissa Mallon (MLIS) is Director of Peabody Education Library/ Director of Teaching & Learning at Vanderbilt University. Mallon’s research interests include online learning, instructional design, and the intersection of critical thinking and digital learning. She has presented on these topics at multiple forums, including ACRL and LOEX.

Lauren Hays, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology at the University of Central Missouri. Previously, she was the Instructional and Research Librarian at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, KS where she enjoyed teaching and being a member of the Faculty Development Committee. She has presented widely on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, including at the annual conference for the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and she was the 2017 speaker on SoTL for the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee’s Midwinter Discussion. Her professional interests include SoTL, teaching, information literacy, educational technology, library and information science education, teacher identity, and academic development. On a personal note, she loves dogs, traveling, and home.

Cara Bradley is the Research & Scholarship Librarian at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada, where her primary responsibility is supporting graduate student and faculty research. She first became interested in SoTL while seconded to the role of Associate Director of the University of Regina’s Centre for Teaching and Learning. She has published and presented widely on topics including SoTL, information literacy in the disciplines, information policy, and academic integrity. Her personal interests include gardening and traveling.

Rhonda Huisman is the University Library Dean at St. Cloud State University where she oversees strategic planning, library instruction, collections, and space as well as staffing, professional development, and outreach. Rhonda has researched faculty-librarian collaborations, information literacy, and the first-year experience, but her primary focus has been on collaborating with K-12 librarians, community colleges, and four-year institutions to research college-readiness initiatives. Recent publications and presentations at ALA, ACRL, LOEX, and the IUPUI Assessment Institute have covered high-impact education practices, faculty-centered workshops, and communities of practice. She is an active member of several local and consortia boards, as well as served on many ACRL committees and facilitates for ACRL Immersion and the ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education.

Jackie Belanger is Director of Assessment and Planning at the University of Washington Libraries, where she leads assessments designed to improve Libraries services, resources and spaces for user communities. Her background is in student learning outcomes assessment, and she has published and presented work on critical assessment, design thinking, assessing student learning using rubrics, and the use of assessment management systems in libraries.