Webcast Speakers
Jonathan Hunt
Lead Coordinator of Library Media Services, San Diego County Office of Education
Jonathan Hunt has been Lead Coordinator of Library Media Services at the San Diego County Office of Education for the past ten years. In that role, he has provided coaching, technical assistance, and professional learning to forty-two local school districts. Prior to that role, Jonathan was in a variety of positions that allowed him to serve as a classroom teacher for grades 4-8 and as a teacher librarian for grades K-12. He also served for three years as the Vice President of Professional Development of the California School Library Association.
Dr. Bobbie Sartin Long
Assistant Professor, Emporia State University
Dr. Bobbie Sartin Long is an Assistant Professor at Emporia State University who is passionate about library services for underserved populations. Her research centers around early literacy storytimes for deaf and hard of hearing (D/HoH) children and how public librarians can modify programs like Every Child Ready to Read to meet the needs of D/HoH children and children with disabilities.
Dr. Rhonda Jennings-Arey
Assistant Professor, University of Virginia
Dr. Rhonda Jennings-Arey has over twenty years of teaching experience at the K-12 level. She started to love teaching when she tutored Food/Nutrition to Gallaudet students during her senior year and cooking classes during the summers when Gallaudet had a camp for CODA kids. She worked as a Bus Aide for Kendall Demonstration Elementary School before deciding to major in Deaf Education.
Dr. Mary Bolin
Gateway PhD Program Coordinator & Full-Time Lecturer, SJSU School of Information
Mary K. Bolin is a full-time Lecturer in the SJSU School of Information and an Emeritus Professor in the University Libraries at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln, where she served as Chair of the Technical Services Department and as a Catalog and Metadata Librarian. She is an Emeritus Fellow of the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities. She completed her PhD in Education in 2007. Dr. Bolin is one of the founding editors of the peer-reviewed electronic journal Library Philosophy and Practice.
Svitlana Kravchenko
Head of Scientific and Methodical Department, Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine
I am 47. I received a professional education (Tulchyn School of Culture, now the Professional College of Culture, Kyiv State University of Culture and Arts, now the National University of Culture and Arts). At first, I started my career at the library as a 2nd category methodologist, afterwards worked as a category 1 methodologist, a leading methodologist, and a chief librarian having been managing the department since June 2022.
Sebastian Majstorovic
Digital Historian & Data Scientist, Co-Founder of Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO)
Sebastian Majstorovic is a Digital Historian, Data Scientist and one of the co-founders of Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO). Sebastian studied History, Film Studies, and East European area studies at Queen Mary University of London and University College London. He is currently finishing his PhD in History at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. His digital fields of expertise are geospatial visualization, audiovisual sources and applied AI.
Quinn Dombrowski
Academic Technology Specialist in the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages at Stanford University
Quinn Dombrowski is the Academic Technology Specialist in the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, and in the Library, at Stanford University, and has been involved with the international digital humanities community since 2007.
Oleh Serbin
General Director, Yaroslav Mudryy National library of Ukraine
Oleh Serbin, Ukrainian librarian, doctor of science in social communications, candidate of historical sciences, senior researcher, acting. General Director Yaroslav Mudryy National Library of Ukraine, Professor of the Department of Information Technologies of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts and the Department of Archiving and Special Branches of Historical Science of the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University. Leading specialist in the field of systematization, indexing and library and information classifications in Ukraine.
Luna Nombrano Larsen
Founder and Manager of the Empowering Autistic Scholars Mentoring and Research Training Program at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo
Luna Nombrano Larsen, M.A., is a proud autistic and dyslexic woman and passionate neurodiversity advocate. She has devoted her career to fighting for educational equity, including supporting underrepresented college students in pursuing their academic and professional goals. She is the founder and manager of the Empowering Autistic Scholars Mentoring and Research Training Program at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, which provides inclusive community; peer mentoring; holistic supports; and professional development and research training for autistic scholars.
Dr. Eric Endlich
Clinical Psychologist and Founder of Top College Consultants®
Eric Endlich, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and founder of Top College Consultants®, helps students with learning differences and emotional challenges apply to college. Dr. Endlich is on the Learning Differences/Neurodiversity and Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Committees of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), and was honored by IECA with a “Making a Difference” award for contributions such as a neurodiversity-friendly college list. Dr.
Dr. Sanda Erdelez
Dean of the School of Library and Information Science, Simmons University
Dr. Sanda Erdelez is the Dean of the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons University in Boston. She received her LL.B. and LL.M degrees from the University of Osijek Law School (Croatia) and Ph.D. in information transfer from Syracuse University. She was also a faculty member at the University of Missouri, University of Texas at Austin and University of Osijek. Dr. Erdelez is a former Fulbright Scholar and recipient of The Texas Excellence Teaching Award and The ALISE Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award.
Liudmyla Diadyk
Director of the Cherkasy Regional Universal Scientific Library named after Taras Shevchenko
Людмила Дядик
Директор Черкаської обласної універсальної наукової бібліотеки
імені Тараса Шевченка
I am a professional librarian. In 1991, she graduated from the Kyiv State Institute of Culture, majoring in librarian-bibliographer of technical literature. Since then, for 30 years, I have only one entry in my work book about being hired at the Cherkasy Regional Universal Scientific Library. All my work is connected with my favorite job in the best library. It was here that I went through all the stages of professional growth, formed as a person.
Anna E. Kijas
Head of Lilly Music Library at Tufts University; Co-Founder of Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO)
Anna E. Kijas is the Head of Lilly Music Library at Tufts University and the co-founder of Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online, an initiative focused on safeguarding and preserving the digital cultural heritage of Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Dr. Lesley Farmer
Professor, California State University (CSU) Long Beach
Dr. Lesley Farmer, Professor at California State University (CSU) Long Beach, coordinates the Teacher Librarianship program, and was named as the university’s Outstanding Professor. She also manages the CSU ICT Literacy Project. She earned her M.S. in Library Science at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and received her doctorate in Adult Education from Temple University.
Melinda Borie
Collection Development Librarian at Floyd County Library in Indiana
Melinda Borie has been working in public libraries throughout Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana, after obtaining her MSLS in 2015 from the University of Kentucky. She is currently the collection development librarian at Floyd County Library in Indiana, specializing in adult collections. Starting July 1, 2023, Melinda will be part of the Public Library Association’s Committee on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice. Melinda is currently a member of the ALA Rainbow Round Table.
Binnie Tate Wilkin
Professional Storyteller
Binnie Tate Wilkin, writer, consultant, and professional storyteller resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. She provided JUNETEENTH, online symposia for SJSU School of Information in 2022 and 2023. Ms. Wilkin has participated in professional panels regarding library services in cultural communities and presents storytelling programs live and virtually. Binnie has been inducted in the California Library Association’s Hall of Fame and has received a National Storytelling Network (NSN) Oracle Award in recognition of her storytelling.
Patty Wong
ALA President and City Librarian, Santa Clara City Library
Patricia “Patty” Wong is the city librarian of Santa Clara, California. Wong is the president of the American Library Association (ALA) for the 2021-2022 term and is the first Asian American president of the ALA. She has been on the faculty at the San Jose State University iSchool since 2006, teaching subjects such as equitable access to library services, library management, and library services to young people.
Danica Rice
Head Librarian, Luce J. LeBlanc Memorial Library
Danica Rice was born Deaf. She graduated from RIT/NTID in 2007 with a BS in Professional & Technical Communications. During her time as a federal government employee, she became a student at San José State University where she obtained her Master’s degree in Library and Information Science in 2017.
Joan Naturale
Reference Librarian for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology Libraries
Joan Naturale is a reference librarian for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology Libraries. She has a BA in English from Gallaudet University; a Master’s in Education from McDaniel College; an MILS in Library Sciences from the University of RI, and an Ed.D from St. John Fisher College. Naturale has worked in the field of Deaf Education as an instructor and librarian since 1984 in a variety of settings.
Nadia Rendon
Spanish Services Coordinator, Denver Public Library
Nadia Rendon was born in Sonora, Mexico, where she earned an engineering degree from the Instituto Tecnológico de Hermosillo. She moved to the United States in 2006 and has been working for the Denver Public Library since 2015, currently serving as the Spanish services coordinator. She received her B.A. from Metro State University with a major in history and a minor in philosophy. Her love for libraries comes from the fact that she was raised in a family where reading was very often more important than eating, though she loves doing both.