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Curriculum Vita
Cindy C. Welch, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee
445 Communications Building, 1345 Circle Park, Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: (865) 974-7918Email:
education
Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Library & Information Science, 2008.
M.S. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Library & Information Science, 1991.
M.A. Morehead State University, Morehead, KY. Adult & Higher Education, 1987.
B.B.A. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Business Administration, 1979.
areas of interest
Youth services in public libraries, and library history. More specifically, children’s and teens’ services in public libraries, young adult (YA) literature, the history of public libraries, communications technology adoption/use by children’s and YA librarians in public libraries.
academic experience
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Tennessee, School of Information Sciences,
College of Communications & Information, August 2015 – present
Associate Director, University of Tennessee, The Center for Children’s & Young Adult
Literature, August 2014 – 2017
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, School of Information
Sciences, College of Communications & Information, August 2012 – present
Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, School of Information Sciences, College of
Communications & Information, August 2008 – August 2012
Instructor, University of Tennessee, School of Information Sciences, College of
Communications & Information, May – July 2008 (Summer 2008)
Instructor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Graduate School of Library &
Information Science, August – December 2004 (Fall 2004)
Instructor, Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois, May – July 2000 (Summer 2000)
honors/awards
Beta Phi Mu, University of Kentucky, 1991.
Departmental Fellowship, Graduate School of Library & Information Science, University
of Illinois, 2007.
Phi Kappa Phi, University of Illinois, 2007.
College of Communications & Information Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award
Nominee, University of Tennessee, 2011.
Faculty First Grant, Office of Information Technology, University of Tennessee, 2013.
Faculty Spotlight, Office of Information Technology, University of Tennessee, 2014.
Experience Learning Fellow, University of Tennessee, 2017.
publications & presentations
Refereed Journal Articles
Welch, C. (2010). Dare to Disturb the Universe: Pushing YA Books and Library Services
– With a Mimeograph Machine. ALAN Review 37(2), Winter, 2010; 59-64.
Welch, C. (2011). Children’s Stories Through the Air: Librarian-Broadcasters, 1922-
1941. Library Quarterly 82(2); 141-160.
Welch, C. (2012). What and How We Teach Now: A Survey of Youth Services Faculty.
Journal of Library & Information Science Education (JELIS) 54(3), July 2013;
220-234.
Welch, C. (2012). What and How We Teach Now. Children and Libraries (CAL), Spring
2014: 3-8
Refereed Articles in Electronic Venues
Welch, C. (2010). Making Connections: YAAN as a Paper Blog? In the Library With a
Lead Pipe, April 14, 2010, online at 5 pages. Invited article.
Contributions to Edited Volumes
Welch, C. (2003). Young Adult Collection Development. Know Kidding: The Best of the
Best in Youth Services, Section 5: Serving Young Adults; 33-35. North Suburban Library System, Wheeling, Illinois, 2003.
Welch, C. (2008). Librarians of the Airwaves: Reading in the Ether. In M. Keith (ed)
Radio Cultures: The Sound Medium in American Life; 287-297. New York: Peter Lang Publishing Group.
Welch, C. (2011). Teen Volunteers to the Rescue! In C. Smallwood and M. Clapp (eds)
How to Thrive as a Solo Librarian, 69-80. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
Non-refereed Journal Articles
Welch, C. (2005). Libraries and Schools and Teens and books: Oh My! YAttitudes 4(2),
Winter 2005; 2 pages. YAttitudes was discontinued by YALSA in 2010 and its back issues are only available by request. Invited article.
Welch, C. (2010). Keep Your Friends Close and Your Staff Closer: Internal Advocacy
for Youth Services. Tennessee Libraries 60(2), 2010 Conference Issues, Summer 2010, 8 pages. Invited article.
Presentation and Participation in Seminars and Workshops
Session Presenter, Juried. Providing YA Services with Limited Resources. Public
Library Association (PLA) National Conference, Charlotte, VA, March 1999.
Trainer, Invited. Why YA? Grant-funded staff development for Moline (IL) Public
Library. Moline, IL, April 18, 2000.
Session Presenter, Invited. Getting Past the Cover. Big Shoulders Program, Catholic
Archdiocese Office of Education, Chicago, IL, 2000 and 2001.
Co-Trainer, Invited. Why YA? Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
Serving the Underserved (SUS) Trainer, staff development workshop for Manitowoc Public Library, Manitowoc, WI, 2001.
Session Co-Presenter, Invited. Working Cooler, Not Harder. Public Library Association
(PLA) Preconference, National Conference, Phoenix, AZ, March 12-16, 2002.
Speaker, Invited. Best of the Best 2002, Illinois High School Library Media Association
(ISLMA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2002.
Speaker, Invited. Battle of the Books.Library Administrator Conference of Northern
Illinois (LACONI) Youth Services Section Meeting, Bloomingdale, IL, 2002.
Trainer, Invited. Serving the Underserved (SUS) Staff development workshop at
Champaign (IL) Public Library, Champaign, IL, October 20, 2005.
Keynote Speaker. A Team for Teens. Lincoln Trails Library System, Library Services &
Technology Act (LSTA) grant project, Edwardsville, IL, February 18, 2005.
Session Presenter, Juried. Public Libraries: Your New Best Friends. National After
School Association (NASA) Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, February 23-25, 2006.
Session Co-Presenter, Invited. Collection Development Series: Young Adult Trends.
Lincoln Trails Library System staff development, Champaign IL, January 29, 2007.
Workshop Co-Trainer, Invited. YALSA’S Power Up with Print. Presented on behalf of
the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), for the Prairie Area Library System (PALS), Utica, IL, March 5, 2007.
Session Presenter, Invited. Revving up Your Programming Skills. Staff development
Day, Metropolitan Library System, Burr Ridge, IL, May 14, 2007.
Session Presenter, Juried. Ten Tips for Starting and Sustaining a Book Discussion
Group, Tennessee Association of School Librarians (TASL) Annual Conference, November 20-22, 2008.
Session Presenter, Juried. Ten Tips for Running the School Media Center, Grades 7-12.
Tennessee Association for School Librarians, Murfreesboro, TN, September 24-26, 2009.
Trainer, Invited. School Library Sponsored Book Discussion Groups. Professional
development workshops for Knox County School Summer Academy, Knoxville, TN, June 9, 2009.
Presenter and Organizer. 2009 Best of the Best … so far. Professional development
workshop created and presented on behalf of the Center for Children’s & Young Adult Literature, Knoxville, TN, July 31, 2009.
Juried Paper Session Co-Organizer and Convener. Age of Collaboration: Public
Libraries and Partnerships, 1900-1938,” Historical Perspectives SIG conference session. Association for Library and Information Science Educators (ALISE), Boston, MA, January 12-15, 2010.
Session Presenter, Juried. Keep Your Friends Close and Your Staff Members Closer:
Internal Advocacy for Youth Services Workers. Tennessee Library Association, Memphis, TN, March 17-19, 2010.
Juried Paper Session Co-Organizer. Innovation and Competing Perspectives in the
Development of Librarianship in the US. Historical Perspectives SIG conference session. Association for Library and Information Science Educators (ALISE), Boston, MA, January 4-7, 2011.
Session Presenter, Juried. (2012). Inspiring Creativity in the Classroom. Association for
Library and Information Science Educators (ALISE), Dallas, TX. January 17-20, 2012.
Session Presenter, Juried. 2012 Best of the Best … Conference Edition. Tennessee
Library Association Annual Conference, Knoxville, TN, March 23, 2012.
Session Presenter, Invited. 2012 Best of the Best … Thus Far. Professional development
workshop presented on behalf of the University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences Center for Children’s & Young Adult Literature (CCYAL), Knoxville, TN, July 20, 2012.
Session Presenter, Juried. Totally Book Apps: Get with the Beat! Tennessee Association
for School Librarians Annual Conference, Murfreesboro, TN, October 25-27, 2012.
Session Presenter, Juried. Pre- and Early Literacy Training for Teen Parents. Tennessee
Library Association Annual Conference, Chattanooga, TN, April 25-27, 2013.
Session Presenter, Juried. Bloom Where You are Planted: Using Volunteer State Book
Awards with Common Core State Standards, Tennessee Association for School
Librarians Summer Co-Op, Gatlinburg, TN, June 18, 2013.
Juried Panel Organizer and Presenter. High-touch Training: How DoesOnline
Education Impact Youth Services Education?, Association for Library and
Information Science Education (ALISE), Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA,
January 22-24, 2014.
Speaker, Invited. Ebooks and Reading: Is Reading Cultural or Cognitive? Ossoli Circle,
Knoxville, TN, January 19, 2015.
Speaker, Invited. Mini-BoB: A Preview of the Best of the Best. Tennessee Association
of School Librarians (TASL), East Tennessee Summer Professional
Development Road Trip, Cleveland, TN, June 17, 2015.
Speaker, Juried. Close Reading as a Nonfiction Strategy. Tennessee Association
of School Librarians (TASL), East Tennessee Summer Professional
Development Road Trip, Cleveland, TN, June 17, 2015.
Speaker, Juried. Top 10 Tips for Working with Reading Specialists and Literacy
Coaches. Tennessee Association of School Librarians (TASL), East Tennessee
Summer Professional Development Road Trip, Cleveland, TN, June 17, 2015.
Speaker, Invited. Mini-BoB: A Preview of the Best of the Best. Tennessee Association
of School Librarians (TASL), East Tennessee Summer Professional
Development Road Trip, Cleveland, TN, June 17, 2015.
Speaker, Juried. Top 10 Tips for Working with Reading Specialists and Literacy
Coaches. Tennessee Association of School Librarians (TASL), West Tennessee
Summer Professional Development Road Trip, Jackson, TN, June 19, 2015.
Speaker, Invited. Mini-BoB: A Preview of the Best of the Best. READ Conference of the
Children’s Reading Foundation of the Upper Cumberland, Sparta, TN, July 16,
2015.
Speaker, Juried. Design and Build a Youth Services Librarian, Tennessee Library
Association Annual Conference, Kingsport, TN, April 6, 2016.
Speaker, Invited (Panel). Leading From All Levels, Tennessee Library Association
Annual Conference, Kingsport, TN, April 7, 2016.
Speaker, Invited. Mini-BoB: A Preview of the Best of the Best. Tennessee Association
of School Librarians (TASL), East Tennessee Summer Professional
Development Road Trip, Morristown, TN, June 14, 2016.
Speaker, Invited. Mini-BoB: A Preview of the Best of the Best. Tennessee Association
of School Librarians (TASL), West Tennessee Summer Professional
Development Road Trip, Jackson, TN, June 16, 2016.
Speaker, Invited. BoB West: Best of the Best … Thus Far, 2016 Edition, Martin, TN,
July 19, 2016.
Speaker, Juried. Mini-BoB: A Preview of the Best of the Best. SELA/COMO Annual
Conference, Athens, GA, October 6, 2016
Speaker, Juried. Innovative Approaches to Employing Inquiry Pedagogy in Teaching
and Learning. Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center Innovation
Symposium, November 2, 2016.
Speaker, Juried. Community Engagement & Social Responsibilities Frameworks for
Pedagogy and Praxis. Association of Library & Information Science Educators
(ALISE) Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA, January 17-20, 2017
Speaker, Invited. Preconference: Youth Services for All: The Why and How of Serving
All Children. Tennessee Library Association, Knoxville, TN, April 5-7, 2017.
Speaker, Invited. STE(A)M-BoB: Gearing up with the Best of the Best. Tennessee
Library Association, Knoxville, TN, April 5-7, 2017.
Speaker, Invited. Mini-BoB: A Preview of the Best of the Best. Tennessee Association
of School Librarians (TASL), East Tennessee Summer Professional
Development Road Trip, Morristown, TN, June 13, 2017.
Speaker, Invited. Mini-BoB: A Preview of the Best of the Best. Tennessee Association
of School Librarians (TASL), West Tennessee Summer Professional
Development Road Trip, Jackson, TN, June 15, 2017.
Speaker, Invited. BoB West: Best of the Best … Thus Far, 2017 Edition, Martin, TN,
July 27, 2017.
Panelist, Invited. Experience Learning in the Volunteer Experience Advising Model:
Faculty Perspectives and Website Resources. University of Tennessee
Academic Advising Conference, Knoxville, TN. September 7, 2017.
Speaker, Juried. edTPA and You. Tennessee Association of School Librarians (TASL),
Murfreesboro, TN. September 28-30, 2017.
Speaker, Invited. New STEM and STEAM Books for Classroom Use. Knox County
Schools, 8th District Learning Day, Knoxville, TN. November 8, 2017.
Juried Panel Organizer and Presenter. Community Engagement and Social
Responsibilities Frameworks for Pedagogy and Praxis, Association for Library
and Information Science Education (ALISE), Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA,
January 17-20, 2017.
Speaker, Juried, upcoming. All In: Getting Real about Children’s/YA books and Self-
Censorship. Tennessee Library Association 2018 Annual Conference,
Memphis, TN. April 5-7, 2018.
Speaker, Juried, upcoming. A Taste of BoB (The Best of the Best). Tennessee Library
Association 2018 Annual Conference, Memphis, TN. April 5-7, 2018.
Papers Presented at Technical and Professional Meetings
Welch, C. (2006). The Radio Program that Never Was. Family, Youth & Literature
Conference, sponsored by the Youth Literature Interest Group (YLIG), Graduate School of Library & Information Science (GSLIS), Allerton Conference Center, Monticello, IL; October 21, 2006.
Welch, C. (2007). Radio Days at the Public Library. Popular Culture
Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Annual Conference, Boston, MA, April 4-7, 2007.
Welch, C. (2007). Does Technology Change Librarianship? Research Showcase,
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, September 19, 2007.
Welch, C. (2009). WYSIWYG, Youth Services Style. Youth Services Special Interest
Group, Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference, Denver, CO, January 19-23, 2009.
Welch, C. (2009). “Are You a YA Librarian? Do You Want to Be On this Mailing List?
If So, Please Drop Me a Line – Okay?”: The Young Adult Alternative Newsletter (YAAN), 1973-1979. Library History Round Table, American Library Association 2009 Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, July 10-14, 2009.
Welch, C. (2010). Librarians and Early Radio Broadcasting: Creating Programming Out
of Thin Air. Historical Perspective SIG Panel Program. Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference, Boston, MA, January 12-15, 2010.
Welch, C. (2010). Collaborating to Create a Professional Specialty: The Role of the
Young Adult Alternative Newsletter (YAAN, 1973-1979) in the Creation of Modern Young Adult Services. Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference, Boston, MA, January 12-15, 2010.
Welch, C. (2010). Children’s Stories Through the Air: Librarian-Broadcasters and the
Transmission of Values, 1922-1941. Library History Seminar XII, Madison, Wisconsin, September 10-12, 2010.
Welch, C. (2012). “Imaging” Young Adults: We Blinded Them with Science. Historical
Perspectives SIG Panel Program. Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, January 17-20, 2012.
Welch, C. (2012). Professional Journals as Story: Who Are We When We’re Talking to
Each Other? Youth Services SIG conference session, Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, January 17-20, 2012.
Welch, C. (2016). Do Virtual K-12 Schools Have Virtual Libraries? Libraries (or not) in
K-12 Online Schools. Association for Library and Information Science Education
(ALISE) Annual Conference, School Library Special Interest Group, Boston, MA, January 5-8, 2016.
teaching experience
courses (including distance education) taught at the university of tennessee, knoxville, tn
INSC 330: Books & Related Materials for Children
INSC 510: Information Environment
INSC 550: Management of Information Organizations
INSC 551: School Library Media Centers
INSC 554: Public Library Management and Services
INSC 560: Development and Management of Collections
INSC 571: Resources and Services for Children
INSC 573: Programming for Children and Young Adults
INSC 576: Storytelling as a Communications and Learning Tool in Diverse Settings
INSC 590: Nonfiction for Children & Young Adults
INSC 583: Introduction to Youth Informatics
INSC 595: Student Teaching in School Library Information Centers
INSC 596: Field-based Experience in School Library Information Centers
courses (including distance education) taught at the university of illinois at urbana-champaign
LIS 404: Literature and Resources for Young Adults
LIS 506: Youth Services Librarianship
courses taught at dominican university, river forest, illinois
LIS 722: Library Materials for Young Adults
professional activities
Reviewer, Booklist, 2002 – present
Reviewer, Tennessee Libraries, 2014 – present
American Library Association
Member, 1992 – present
American Association of School Librarians (AASL), ALA
Member, 2012 – present
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), ALA
Member, 2009 – present
Member, May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Committee, 2014-2016
Member, Education Committee, 2014-2016
Association of Library & Information Science Educators (ALISE)
Member, 2004 – present
Member, Youth Services Graduate Student Travel Award Committee, 2012
Co-Convener, Youth Special Interest Group, 2016-2017
Member, LJ/ALISE Excellence in Teaching Award Committee, 2017-2019
Center for Children’s & Young Adult Literature (CCYAL), School of Information
Sciences, The University of Tennessee
Board Member, 2008-2014
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Round Table (GLBTQ), ALA
Member, 1996 – present
Library History Round Table (LHRT), ALA
Member, 2012 – present
Member-at-Large, Executive Committee, 2013-2015
Library Research Round Table (LRRT), ALA
Member, 2012 – present
Public Library Association, ALA
Member, 1992 – present
Tennessee Library Association (TLA)
Member, 2008 – present
Member, Teen Read Week Webinar Committee, 2011, 2012, 2013
Member, Honors & Awards Committee, 2012-2016
Member, Restructuring Task Force, 2015-2016
Member, Publications Advisory Board, 2016-2018
Co-Chair, Honors & Awards Committee, 2017-2018
Tennessee Association of School Librarians (TASL)
Member, 2009 – present
Member, Long-range Planning Committee, 2011-2013, 2014-2015
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), ALA
Member, 1992 - present
Member, Publications Advisory Board, 2008-2015
Member, Frances Clark Henne Grant Committee, 2013-2014
Member, Student Engagement Task Force,2014-2015
Chair, YALSA Midwinter Paper Presentation Planning Committee, 2017-2018
Chair, Henne Research Award Committee, 2017-2018
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