Practicum Students & Supervisors
Practicum Students
Dana Monique Ross was born, raised, and currently lives in St. Louis, MO. She has two undergraduate degrees. One is a BA in Graphic Arts Technology Management and the other is a BA in Early Childhood Education. She is pursuing a Master of Library and Information Science degree through the iSchool at the University of Missouri. You can see her SelectedWorks Profile page at https://works.bepress.com/dana-ross/. See her activity log here.
Practicum student from April 13th to May 7th, 2020.
Michelle Lahiri is a graduate student at the University of Missouri — Columbia studying Library Science. She works as a Library Assistant III at St. Louis County Library. She is a practicum student for Lena Marvin working on the UMSL open access project. You can see her SelectedWorks Profile page at https://works.bepress.com/michelle-lahiri/. See her activity log for this practicum here.
Practicum student from April 15th, 2020 to July 20th, 2020.
Lindsay Gallagher is a practicum student with the University of Missouri-Columbia’s Master of Library and Information Science program. She also has a BA in English with emphasis in Literature, Society, and Politics from Webster University (2015). She is currently employed as the Electronic Resources & Serials Assistant at Logan University’s Learning Resource Center. You can see her SelectedWorks Profile page at https://works.bepress.com/lindsaygallagher/. See her activity log for the practicum here.
Practicum student from April 29th, 2020 to July 22nd, 2020.
Trisha Crank is currently a graduate student in the Library and Information Science program at the University of Missouri. She also has a Master’s in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, NM. She received her BA from the University of Iowa with a double major in Film Studies and Ancient Civilizations. After spending a year teaching abroad at Ryuo Junior High School in Kai City, Japan, she has spent the last ten years working as a teacher and choreographer for Top Hatter II Dance Studio in Keokuk, IA. You can see her SelectedWorks Profile page at https://works.bepress.com/trisha-crank/. See her activity log for the practicum here.
Practicum student from May 11th, 2020 to July 28th, 2020.
Bradley Bibbs has a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has experience working in libraries across the Chicagoland area in Aurora, Bartlett, and Sugar Grove, IL. Currently, he is pursuing his Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia. You can see his Selected Works Profile page at https://works.bepress.com/bbibbs. See his activity log for the practicum here.
Practicum student from May 26, 2020 to July 15th, 2020.
Debbie Tusher is currently a graduate student at the University of Missouri, Columbia. She is in her my final semester and her goal is to work in a public library. She specializes in children’s librarianship however, one of her goals is to become more up to date with technology and she is interested in what virtual librarianship has to offer as well. She is currently in a practicum with Lena Marvin, an Institutional Repository Librarian at the University of Missouri—St. Louis. You can see her Selected Works Profile at https://works.bepress.com/debbie-tusher/. See her activity log for the practicum here.
Practicum student from April 18th, 2020 to July 30th, 2020.
Megan Llewellyn is a graduate student at the University of Missouri’s School of Information Science and Learning Technologies studying to become an academic librarian. She graduated Washington State University with a BA in International Business and worked in mortgage for five years before starting at the Seattle Public Library as a shelver. You can see her Selected Works Profile at https://works.bepress.com/megan-llewellyn/. See her activity log for the practicum here.
Practicum student from April 18th, 2020 to July 27th, 2020.
Caitlin O’Mara is a graduate student at the University of Missouri School of Information Science and Learning Technologies. She has a BA from Dickinson College. She works for Dayton Metro Library in Dayton, OH. You can see her Selected Works Profile at https://works.bepress.com/caitlin-omara/. See her activity log for the practicum here.
Practicum student from May 1st, 2020 to August 6th, 2020.
Ryan Muiller is a practicum student with the University of Missouri’s Master of Library and Information Science program. She has a BA from Northwest Missouri State University. She currently works at her local library. You can see her Selected Works Profile at https://works.bepress.com/ryan-muiller/. See her activity log for the practicum here.
Practicum student from June 9th, 2020 to August 7th, 2020.
Kaitlin Chapman is seeking a Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Missouri. She is interested in working in data analysis after graduation. She has a BA in English from the University of Nebraska. She has previously worked in a public library as well as in the private sector. You can see her Selected Works Profile at https://works.bepress.com/kaitlin-chapman/. See her activity log for the practicum here.
Practicum student starting May 27th, 2020 to December 18 2020.
Robert Ybanez is a graduate student over at the University of Missouri and he is entering his final semester in the Library and Information Science Master’s program. In 2017, he graduated from Missouri State University with a BA in Art History and a Minor in Asian Studies. You can see his Selected Works Profile at https://works.bepress.com/robert-ybanez/. See his activity log for the practicum here.
Practicum student starting August 24th, 2020 to October 20th, 2020.
Johanna Shultis is in her final semester of the MLIS Graduate Program at the University of Missouri. She received a BA in English from Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville in 2017. You can see her Selected Works Profile at https://works.bepress.com/johanna-shultis/. See her activity log for the practicum here.
Practicum student starting July 27th, 2020 to December 14th, 2020.
Christina Proctor is a practicum student in her final semester of graduate school to obtain her MLIS. She has worked in both public and academic libraries in Missouri and Texas. During her time working at Texas A&M, she was trained as a copy cataloger. She continued her cataloging work at Texas Christian University, and Cass County Public Library. Currently living in Denton, TX near two universities, she hopes to find employment in an academic library in technical services. In her spare time, she loves to read and garden. You can see her Selected Works Profile at https://works.bepress.com/christina-proctor/. See her activity log for the practicum here.
Practicum student starting August 4th, 2020 to December 16th, 2020.
Kymmi Donaghue is a former Library Assistant at the University of Oregon Law Library in Eugene, Oregon. She is a current volunteer (when the library opens again) at the Eugene Public Library. She works as a Housing Specialist for ShelterCare in Eugene, Oregon. You can see her Selected Works Profile at https://works.bepress.com/kymmi-donaghue/. See her activity log for the practicum here.
Practicum student starting August 24th, 2020 to May 10th, 2021.
Heather Moll is a graduate student at the University of Missouri School of Library and Information Science. She holds a BA in Liberal Studies from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Currently, she works at the Scott Joplin House State Historic Site in St. Louis, Missouri. You can see her Selected Works Profile at https://works.bepress.com/heather-moll/. See her activity log for the practicum here.
Practicum student starting December 22nd, 2021 to May 2nd, 2022.
Practicum Programmer
Darrel Jiang obtained his BS in Computer Science with a Mathematics minor from Saint Louis University. He is currently employed as a software developer for Ocelot Consulting. You can visit his GitHub page here: https://github.com/jiangdev.
For the OA Practicum Darrel Jiang developed a tool for scraping and discovering open access permissions find the code for the extension here https://github.com/jiangdev/acalytics-chrome-extension.
Practicum Supervisors
Helena “Lena” Marvin joined the UMSL Library team as a Reference & Institutional Repository Librarian on January 19th, 2016. She has a Masters in Information Library Science (CUNY Queens, 2010) and a Masters in History (CUNY City College of New York, 2014). Her research interests include technological trends in history and culture, critical friendship for professional development, and digital librarianship. She is likely to geek out about metadata and enjoys helping people find the information they need. You can find her SelectedWorks Profile page at https://works.bepress.com/LenaMarvin/.
Taylor Storz began working for the Institutional Repository Library as a freshman in February 2018. He partakes in various clubs at UMSL including the PRIZM Queer – Trans – Straight Alliance and Khaos! UMSL K-Pop Dance club. He has mastered working with Faculty Selected Works profiles and open access discovery tools. During the Covid-19 Crisis, Taylor chose to continue working for the UMSL Institutional Repository Library from home, while finishing his spring semester of classes. When the primary practicum supervisor, Lena Marvin, was unavailable due to furlough Taylor has stepped up and offered to help lead the graduate students with their practicum work. Click to see his practicum log here.
Pet Supervisors
For many of us on this project we are graced with additional supervisors during this pandemic, behold our Practicum Project Supervising Pets.
