ACRL candidates for 2016 January 2016 27 C&RL News Mark Emmons is the associate dean of public services at the University of New Mexico, a position he has held since 2014. Prior to this, Emmons served as director of instruction and assessment (2013–14), planning and assessment officer (2011–12), and coordinator, information literacy and instruction services (1998–2010), all at the University of New Mexico. He has been a member of ACRL for 24 years, beginning in 1991. During his mem- bership with ACRL, he has served as director- at-large for the ACRL Board of Directors (2010–14), chair of the ACRL Task Force on Standards for Proficiencies for Assessment Librarians (2014–present), and vice-chair/ chair-elect, chair, and past chair of ACRL Chapters Council (2004–07). He has also served roles in ACRL sections, including the ACRL Instruction Section Management of In- struction Services Committee (2004–06), the ACRL Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee (2001–04, chair 2003–04), the ACRL Instruction Section Planning Com- mittee (1997–2001, chair 2000–01), and the ACRL Education and Behavioral Sciences Section Electronic Resources in Communica- tion Studies Committee (2004–06). Emmons is also a member of the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) and Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT). Emmons’ work with state, regional, and other national associations includes serving on the Board of Directors of LOEX (2007–10), as vice-president/president-elect, president, and past-president of the New Mexico Aca- demic and Research Librarians (2001–04), and as chair of the California Academic Refer- ence Librarians Discussion Interest Group (1996–97). Emmons has been honored with the Uni- versity of New Mexico University Libraries 2011-2014 Regent’s Lecturer Award. His publications include coauthorship of “The Academic Library Impact on Student Persistence,” College & Research Libraries, March 2011; coauthorship of “Teaching In- formation Literacy Skills to Prepare Teachers Who Can Bridge the Research to Practice Gap,” Reference & User Services Quarterly, Winter 2009; and coauthorship of “Engaging Conversation: Evaluating the Contribution of Library Instruction to the Quality of Student Research,” College & Research Libraries, No- vember 2002. Cheryl A. Middleton is the associate univer- sity librarian for learning and engagement at Oregon State University (OSU) Libraries and Press, a position she has held since 2012. Prior to this, Middleton served as head of OSU Libraries Teaching and Engagement (2010–12), head of undergraduate learning and library information access (2006–10), and interim head of undergraduate learning and ACRL candidates for 2016 A look at who’s running for office Cheryl A. MiddletonMark Emmons C&RL News January 2016 28 library information access (2005–06), all at the OSU Libraries and Press. She has been a member of ACRL for 19 years, beginning in 1997. During her mem- bership with ACRL, she has served on the ACRL Research Planning and Review Com- mittee (2010–14, chair 2013–14), on the ACRL Leadership and Nominations Commit- tee (2009–11), and will serve on the ACRL Panels Committee (beginning 2017). She has also served roles in ACRL’s University Libraries Section, including the Executive Committee (member-at-large 2003–05, vice- chair/chair-elect 2006–07, chair 2007–08, past-chair 2009–11), Academic Outreach Committee (2011–14, cochair 2012–14), Program Committee (2003–05), Nominat- ing Committee (2002–03 and 2005–06), and Organization and Bylaws Committee (1997–2000, chair 2003). Middleton has also served on the ALA Virtual Meeting Taskforce (2003–05), and on ALA President Camila Alire’s Presidential Initiative “Librar- ies: The Heart of All Communities” Initia- tive Reactor Advisory Group (2008–10). Middleton’s work with state, regional, and other national associations includes serving on the Greater Western Library Al- liance Libraries Impact on Student Learning Task Force (chair, 2011–14), the Oregon Library Association Conference Committee, Local Arrangements (chair, 2002–03), the Oregon Library Association/Washington Library Association Conference Program Committee (2001–02), and Valley Link Continuing Education Committee (1996–99, chair 1998–99). Middleton has also been the recipient of the OSU Robert Lundeen Faculty Develop- ment Award (2008). Her publications include “Magical Thinking: Moving Beyond Natural Bias to Examine Core Services” in Letting Go of Legacy Services: Library Case Studies (2014); coauthorship of “Management of Library Course Reserves and the Textbook Affordability Crisis,” Journal of Access Ser- vices (2009); and coauthorship of “Student Strategies for Coping with the High Cost of Textbooks and the Role of Academic Library Course Reserves,” portal: Libraries and the Academy (2009). ACRL Board of Directors Vice-president/President-elect: Mark Emmons, Associate Dean of Public Services, University of New Mexico; Cheryl A. Middleton, Associate University Librarian for Learning and Engagement, Oregon State University Libraries and Press. Director-at-Large: Jennifer Nutefall, Uni- versity Librarian, Santa Clara University; Emily Daly, Head of Assessment and User Experience and Librarian for Education, Duke University. Director-at-Large: Caroline Fuchs, Associ- ate Professor and Outreach Librarian, St. John’s University; Nancy Weiner, Assistant Director, Access and Information Services, William Pat- erson University. Councilor: Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Se- nior Research Scientist, OCLC; LeRoy LaFleur, Associate Director of Library Services, Tufts University. Anthropology and Sociology Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Anne Larrivee, Subject Librarian, Binghamton University; Ka- tie Elson Anderson, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Rutgers University. Member-at-Large: Rui Wang, Social Sci- ences Librarian, Central Michigan University; Mary-Michelle Moore, Instruction and Refer- ence Librarian, California State University-San Marcos. Arts Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Jennifer Cox, Su- pervising Librarian, The Art Institute of Portland. College Libraries Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Michelle Twait, Reference Coordinator, Gustavus Adolphus College. Secretary: Meghan Dowell, Consulting Librarian, Beloit College. Member-at-Large: Marcus Richter, Associ- ate Professor and Technical Services Librarian, Alma College. January 2016 29 C&RL News Community and Junior College Libraries Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Jacquelyn Bry- ant, Assistance Professor and Access Services Librarian, Community College of Philadel- phia. Secretary: Mark Coltrain, E-Learning Librarian, Central Piedmont Community Col- lege; Julia Mielish, Dean of Library Services, Wake Technical Community College. Distance Learning Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Lora Kay Bald- win, Distance Learning Librarian, Indiana Uni- versity; Cheryl Blevens, Reference Instruction Associate Librarian, Indiana State University. Secretary/Archivist: Danielle Skaggs, eLearning and Outreach Librarian, West Ches- ter University; Kathrine Aydelott, Instruction Librarian, University of New Hampshire. Member-at-Large: Stephanie Espinoza, eLearning Librarian, College of Southern Ne- vada; Jerilyn Marshall, Head, Liaison and Re- search Services, University of Northern Iowa. Education and Behavioral Sciences Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Joyce V. Garc- zynski, Communications and Development Librarian, Towson University; Chimene Tucker, Communication, Journalism and LGBT Studies Librarian, University of South- ern California. Member-at-Large: Yu-Hui Chen, Subject Librarian of Education and East Asian Studies, University at Albany, State University of New York; Tiffany Baglier, Assistant Head, Educa- tion Library, University of Florida. Instruction Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Anne-Marie Deitering, Franklin A. McEdward Professor for Undergraduate Learning Initiatives, Oregon State University; Merinda Kaye Hensley, As- sistant Professor, Instructional Services Librar- ian, and Scholarly Commons Co-coordinator, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Secretary: Melissa Bowles-Terry, Head of Educational Initiatives, University of Nevada- Las Vegas; Joseph Goetz, Information Literacy Librarian, Rice University. Member-at-Large: Jo Angela Oehrli, Learning Librarian, University of Michigan; Maura Seale, Collections, Research, and Instruction Librarian, Georgetown Univer- sity; Lauren Wahman, Instruction Program Coordinator and Associate Senior Librarian, University of Cincinnati. Law and Political Science Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Sarah Hogan, Librarian for Political Science, Public Policy, Sociology, and International Relations, Uni- versity of Chicago; Elizabeth White, Refer- ence and Instruction Librarian, University of Georgia. Member-at-Large: Sara Arnold-Garza, Research and Instruction Librarian, Towson University; Mary Oberlies, Conflict and Peace Studies Librarian, George Mason University. Literatures in English Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Christine Ruoto- lo, Director of Arts and Humanities, University of Virginia; Harriett Green, English and Digi- tal Humanities Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Secretary: Amanda Watson, Librarian for English and Comparative Literature, New York University; Ruth Boeder, PhD Student, Wayne State University. Member-at-Large: Abby Scheel, Humanities Librarian, Florida State University; Brian Flota, Humanities Librarian, James Madison University. Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Danielle Culpep- per, Director of Budget and Finance, Rare Book School, University of Virginia, Charlot- tesville; Athena N. Jackson, Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair and Head of Special Collections, Penn State University Libraries. Member-at-Large: Katie L. B. Hen- ningsen, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, University of Puget Sound; Heather M. Smedberg, Reference and Instruction Co- ordinator, Special Collections and Archives, University of California-San Diego. C&RL News January 2016 30 Science and Technology Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Edward Lener, As- sociate Director for Collection Management and College Librarian for the Sciences, Virginia Tech; Kara Whatley, Head, Science and Engineering, New York University. Publicity Officer: Bonnie L. Fong, Physi- cal Sciences Librarian and Head, Emerging Technologies, Rutgers University; Kelli J. Trei, Biosciences Librarian and Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Member-at-Large: Peter Larsen, Physical Sciences and Engineering Librarian, University of Rhode Island; Rachel Hamelers, Head of Public Outreach and Information Literacy Ser- vices and Math and Science Subject Specialist, Muhlenberg College. Slavic and Eastern European Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Lana Soglasnova, Librarian and Slavic Cataloging Supervisor, Uni- versity of Toronto; Heghine Hakyoban, Slavic Librarian, University of Oregon. University Libraries Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Jody Bailey, Di- rector of Grants and Research, University of Texas-Arlington; Alexandra Rivera, Student Enrichment and Community Outreach Librarian, University of Michigan. Member-at-Large: Laura Gariepy, Head of Teaching, Learning, and Information, Virginia Commonwealth University; Carrie Moran, User Engagement Librarian, University of Central Florida; Maura Seale, Collections, Research, and Instruction Librarian, Georgetown University. Western European Studies Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Kristin Totleben, Modern Languages and Cultures Librarian, University of Rochester; Lidia Uziel, Head, Western Languages Division and Bibliographer for Western Europe, Harvard University. Secretary: Anna Shparberg, Librarian for History, German Studies, Languages, and Lin- guistics, Rice University; Kathleen Smith, Curator, Germanic Collections and Medieval Studies, Stanford University. Member-at-Large: Lindsay Hansen, Music and Media Librarian, California State University- Northridge. Women and Gender Studies Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Laura Bonella, Faculty and Graduate Services Librarian, Kansas State University. Secretary: Colleen Seale, Selector for Wom- en’s, Gender and LGBTQI Studies, University of Florida. 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