Stephanie Keister

A California native, Stephanie moved to Virginia in 2004. She currently lives in Harrisonburg with her three children.

Before coming to EMU, Stephanie worked as a librarian at the Massanutten Regional Library and on staff at JMU. She completed her Master of Science in Library and Information Science from Florida State University and her Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of California, Davis. Stephanie enjoys the challenge of helping students navigate through the information fog to help them find resources that are both appropriate and interesting for their research work.

Stephanie spends her free time with her family but loves to squeeze in a run or a trip to the yoga studio.

“Assessment in Action at Eastern Mennonite University” Virginia Independent Colleges and University Library Association. Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden Sydney, VA, 2016

“Measuring the Impact of a Library Drop-in Tutoring Service: Effects on Student Grades and Retention Rates at Eastern Mennonite University” Poster presented at:
American Library Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2015

“Crossing the Limen: Co-teaching and Student Engagement.” Innovation in Pedagogy Summit. University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA, 2015.

“Exempt But Not Equipped: Instruction and Assessment of Information Literacy Skills of First Year Students Not Enrolled in a First Year Writing Course” National Personal Librarian & First Year Experience Library Conference. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2014.

“From Collaboration to Co-Teaching: Is Co-Teaching an Effective Method for Integrating Information Literacy Instruction into First-Year Composition Courses?” WILU (Workshop for Instruction in Library Use). Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2012.

“From Collaboration to Co-Teaching: Is Co-Teaching an Effective Method for Integrating Information Literacy Instruction into First-Year Composition Courses?” Information Literacy Summit- Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 2012.

“From Collaboration to Co-Teaching: Is Co-Teaching an Effective Method for Integrating Information Literacy Instruction into First-Year Composition Courses?”
Information Literacy Summit- Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL, 2012.

Board of Directors, Secretary- Harrisonburg Rockingham Child Day Care Center

“Information Fluency in the Disciplines”- Training grant sponsored by The Council of Independent Colleges. 2016.

“Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success”- Educational grant from the Association of College and Research Libraries in partnership with the Association for Institutional Research and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. The program, a cornerstone of ACRL’s Value of Academic Libraries initiative, is made possible by the Institution of Museum and Library Services. 2014-2015.

“Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible”- Exhibition grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and organized by the American Library Association Public Programs Office. 2012.

Risk and Reward Conference Travel Scholarship, Telluride, Colorado, 2012

Faculty Release Time Award, Eastern Mennonite University, 2013

EMU Quality Service Award- Second Quarter 2011-2012.

American Library Association
Association of College and Research Libraries
Special Library Association
Virginia Library Association

Innovation in Pedagogy Summit- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, May 2015

National Personal Librarian and First Year Experience Library Conference- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, April 2014

R-Squared, Risk and Reward Conference- Telluride, CO, September 2012

WILU (Workshop for Instruction in Library Use)- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May 2012

Information Literacy Summit- Illinois State University, Normal, IL, May 2012

Information Literacy Summit- Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL, May 2012

American Library Association Annual Conference- Washington D.C. 2008, June 2010, June 2014

Virginia Library Association Annual Conference- October 2008

Transitions, 2013-present
Seeing with the Self (Senior Seminar), Spring 2017

Institutional Effectiveness Committee
Writing Committee
Undergraduate Council
Library Task Force
Library Advisory Committee
Historical Library Committee