I am an assistant professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My research specialization resides at the intersection of critical making and the development of equitable and inclusive STEM-rich learning spaces (e.g. makerspaces) in libraries. My research is funded by an NSF CAREER Award entitled, "Equity in the Making: Investigating Spatial Arrangements of Makerspaces and Their Impact on Diverse User Populations." 
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I'm also a serial maker! I enjoy embedding circuits into things, additive and subtractive fabrication, dabbling with AI, digital world making, and more. I'm deeply passionate about creating experiences like this and this. I am also the co-founder of the University of Arizona's first makerspace, the iSpace (now CATalyst Studios) and the founder of the Women Techmakers Tucson Hackathon, the Southwest’s first women’s-only* hackathon. 

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NSF CAREER Award ($715k): "Equity in the Making: Investigating Spatial Arrangements of Makerspaces and Their Impact on Diverse User Populations" 

"Re-making the Makerspace: Critical Theories, Applications, and Practices," 
Library Juice Press. 
​Co-editing with Jennifer Nichols. 

Client-based makerspace projects from INLS 690 Information Professionals in the Makerspace.
​ #INLSMakes

“Ethical Challenges within Academic Library Makerspaces: An Examination of Training and Written Policies in Makerspaces across the UNC System.” ​Eleanor M. and Frederick G. Kilgour Research Grant Award. 

 “Real-time Data Science in the Makerspace: Making Sense of the Everyday” with Dr. Arcot Rajasekar. ​Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences Award