Melissa Cardenas-Dow is a Social Sciences Librarian at Sacramento State University, responsible for the subject areas of psychology, ethnic studies, women’s and gender studies, and counselor education. She is active with the California Faculty Association (CFA), the labor union representing teaching faculty, librarians, counselors, and coaches in the California State University (CSU) system. Currently, she chairs the CFA system-wide Librarians Committee. She serves on various Sacramento State University faculty senate committees and is currently the faculty senator for the library. She also devotes some time to working as a faculty coordinator for the Center for Race, Immigration, and Social Justice (CRISJ) at Sacramento State and has experience in committees and governance of the American Library Association (ALA), Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), and the California Academic & Research Libraries Association (CARL).

Proposal Title: TBD

SJSU Supervisor: Dr. Christian Klesse

MMU Supervisor(s): Mary Bolin

Education:

• Bachelor of Arts, San Francisco State University, in Anthropology (major) and Asian American Studies (minor), May 1996; Master of Library & Information Science, San José State University, May 2008; Master of Science, California State University, Northridge, in Assistive Technology Studies and Human Services, December 2017

Current or Most Recent Position:

• Associate Librarian, Social Sciences, Sacramento State University Library (current and most recent position)