Rebecca Stallworth (she/her/hers) is Assistant Professor at Simmons. Her research areas include marginalized groups and their use of academic library services and resources, diversity in academic libraries, and first-generation graduate students and their information-seeking behaviors. Before joining the faculty at Simmons, she worked as an Information Services Librarian in the Jennifer Ann Wilson Dental Library at the University of Southern California.
Rebecca received a BA in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MS in library science from the University of Kentucky, and a PhD in communication and information from the University of Tennessee. Before entering the doctoral program, she worked as a library technician in the G.R. Little Library at Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, where she is originally from.
Courses
- LIS 407 Information Sources and Services
Research/Creative Activities
Underrepresented groups in STEM fields and the use of academic library resources and services, diversity in academic libraries, microaggressions, and information seeking.