Allison Jennings-Roche's research offers perspective on the current censorship movement, placing it within historical trends and examining the ways in which the rhetoric of censorship operates, what's at stake when censorship is normalized and the ways in which libraries, librarians, and their supporters can work to counteract and delegitimize this rhetoric.
April 13, 2023, 5-6pm (Past)
Allison Jennings-Roche, PhD MA, MLIS has professional experience in public libraries, archives, academic libraries, student affairs, and undergraduate teaching. Her research interests include information policy, advocacy, and ethics; rhetoric; and intellectual freedom, as well as critical information literacy and inclusive leadership. Her research has been published in Library Quarterly and is forthcoming in the Political Librarian, the Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy, and in Exploring Inclusive & Equitable Pedagogies: Creating Space for All Learners, Volume 2 by ACRL Press. Her work has been presented at ALA Annual, ACRL, MLA/DLA, other library and writing conferences, and in invited workshops for Lyrasis and Library Journal.
