Charissa Powell Email & Phone Number

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

-Serves as Liaison to the English First-Year Composition program.-Coordinate, lead, and assess library and research instruction sessions for these courses.-Engage and outreach with instructors and faculty to partner in implementing library resources into their classes. -Collaborates with First-Year Composition English Graduate Teaching Assistants to offer.

Manhattan, KS

• Coordinated learning outcomes and library instruction for large, general education courses, such as Public Speaking, Expository Writing, University Experience, and the English Language Program
• Managed and coordinated outreach to the undergraduate student community
• Provided direction and leadership in the development of services and programs specific to the undergraduate student community
• Promoted first-year and transfer student success and retention through collaboration with campus academic and student services programs and offices
• Participated in assessment to support continuous improvement of student learning and engagement
• Collaborated with colleagues to provide excellent reference, research, and student learning activities

University Of Maryland, College Park, MD

• Designed and lead information literacy sessions first year students in English 101, University 100 and 107, University of Maryland English Institute, Communications 107, Gemstone 104
• Represented the interests of first year students on the McKeldin Library Instruction Council, a working group dedicated to promoting improvements to instruction across the Libraries
• Collaborated with course faculty members to plan, organize, and schedule information literacy sessions
• Consulted with students of all levels to deliver both in-person and online reference and research assistance
• Provided outreach and research assistance to a group of local International Baccalaureate students

Mckeldin Library, College Park, MD

• Taught information literacy classes to first year students in English 101
• Instructed students in how to locate and evaluate information at a large academic library
• Provided active, hands-on learning to help students discover various library resources, including databases

University Of Maryland, College Park, MD

• Directly oversaw the hiring, training, supervision, development, and evaluation of 26 undergraduate Community Assistants and 2 undergraduate Customer Service Supervisors
• Collaborated with a living learning program, College Park Scholars, to organize and manage the Spring Open House Orientations program in the Cambridge Community
• Provided overall supervision for the day-to-day operations of 2 Services Desks in areas including control of keys, check-ins/outs, emergency procedures, reports, and payroll

Paris, France

• Compiled a finding aid of research articles for students taking the Agrégation d’Anglais exam
• Created a powerpoint and talking points for information literacy and outreach presentations
• Assisted library members at the circulation desk by locating and retrieving materials to fit their information needs

Washington D.C.

• Selected as the recipient of the Coca-Cola Endowed Internship, a competitive program honoring one intern each season
• Provided reference and research services to patrons and aided them in finding resources and archival documents as well as e-mail reference to patrons overseas
• Assisted PhD students in their dissertation research

Pocomoke City, MD. Ocean City, MD.

• Provided reference and research services to patrons in finding information and resources
• Supported patrons as they learned how to navigate the online card catalog system
• Served as primary staff member at circulation desk and provided administrative support up to 800 patrons daily

Master Of Library Science (Mls)

Activities and Societies: SLA@UMD

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Women'S Studies

Activities and Societies: Triota - National Women's Studies Honor Society - President 2011-2012