Material Interactions
Rachel Ivy Clarke
After an early career in graphic design, Rachel Ivy Clarke turned to librarianship, which led to her current role as an associate professor at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies. Her award-winning research focuses on the application of critical design methodologies and epistemologies to library and information studies. She currently combines her interests in information studies, design, and textile arts to juxtapose hard data and soft textiles and challenge boundaries around contemporary conceptualizations of data and technology. She earned a BA in creative writing from California State University Long Beach, an MLIS from San Jose State University, and a PhD from the University of Washington.
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Leah Dudak
Leah T. Dudak is a former librarian and current Ph.D. student at Syracuse University’s Information School. Dudak’s research looks at public libraries and the trauma that library staff encounter giving attention to supporting library workers, systemic issues contributing to trauma, trauma-informed care, and librarianship. She also pays attention to the embodied and gendered experience of library work. For methods, Dudak pulls on feminist qualitative methods, adding in art as method and knowledge making. She views her work situated in feminist, disability, and artistic lenses. She holds an MLIS from the University of Illinois.