Jarrett Dapier Email & Phone Number

Niles, Illinois, United States

• Provide readers advisory, homework help, and reference services to children (birth-12), teens, parents, and caregivers through active work on the youth services desk • Provide comprehensive, high-quality readers’ advisory and reference services to teen patrons in the Teen Underground, an enclosed library space teens in 7th-12th grades

Champaign, Illinois, United States

Instructor teaching graduate courses in library and information science at the iSchool at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Classes taught to date:IS 413 - Teen Materials - Spring 2023IS 583 - Intellectual Freedom & Censorship - Fall 2022IS 571 - Literacy, Reading, and Readers - Summer 2022*, Summer 2023*Recognized on the Summer 2022 University of Illinois campus-wide list of "Teachers Ranked As Excellent By Their Students."

• Devise, lead information literacy, comics, censorship-related, social justice-themed, and creative arts programming for area teens• Coordinate and direct teen theater productions twice a year in library’s Petty Auditorium with an emphasis on plays that relate directly to teen lives • Develop partnerships with community organizations and businesses to diversify library programs• Strategize regularly with library’s safety, young adult, and administrative teams to implement restorative-based policies in response to teen behavior challenges• Participate in ongoing equity, diversity, and inclusion/SEED trainings with an eye towards implementing principles learned into ongoing library services• Provide readers advisory and reference services to children, teens, and families through work on the youth services desk• Create and run “pop-up programming” to engage large volumes of middle school students during after-school hours

University Of Chicago

The Thirty Million Words® Initiative is an innovative parent-directed program designed to harness the power of parent language to build a child’s brain and impact his or her future.Under the general direction of the PI and the Section Administrator for the Section of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, my primary role is to conceptualize project plan and timeline, oversee data collection and preparation, and coordinate data analysis for a short-term research project TMW is conducting in Spring, 2016 in partnership with the Chicago Children's Museum and Chicago Public Library. Role includes basic procedures in data collection, entry, and presentation for related research. Additional responsibilities include:Finalize evaluation protocol in coordination with PI, Director of Operations, and TMW teamDevelop project plan for protocol implementation and data analysisCommunicate regularly with PI and Director of Operations: report on timeline and progress, maintain records of pertinent communication and documentation, problem-solve if necessary, seek direction when needed, notify of any unusual issuesTrain and supervise Student Research Assistants in implementation of study protocol Oversee ongoing data entry and maintenance throughout data collectionOversee preparation of data for analysisCoordinate data analysis with PI, Research Director, and TMW teamOther duties as assigned

Evanston, Il

• Provided comprehensive, high-quality readers’ advisory services to teen patrons in the Loft, an enclosed library space for Evanston teens in 6th-12th grades.• Developed and lead regular programming, with particular emphasis on programs designed to bolster boys’ interest in reading and library usage.• Collaborated with Loft staff and teen volunteers to design, coordinate, and implement annual summer and winter-break programming.• Devised and delivered outreach programming at park district centers, community events, and other community organizations around the city.• Directed and lead the Loft’s teen theater troupe program, devoted to the adaptation of young adult novels to the stage.• Forged ongoing partnerships with local independent bookstores to co-promote and host YA author visits at the library.• Designed flyers and wrote promotional materials for programming and other initiatives.• Created and posted monthly bibliographies to the Loft website and library catalogue interface; wrote regular book reviews of YA literature on the Loft Blog.• Collaborated with staff and teens on revising, developing and implementing Loft rules, policies, ongoing weekly programs and other teen services procedures. • Served as acting interim supervisor of the Loft, directing all teen patron services, Loft staff and collection development between Oct. 2011-Feb. 2012.

Chicago, Il

• Assisted Publisher and Associate Publisher of not-for-profit magazine in management of data, including donor records, subscription orders and records. • Created and edited daily written content on magazine blog, “The ITT List;” developed online strategies with Web Editor regarding website content, interface and design.• Developed new online fundraising strategies, composed solicitation materials and managed direct-mail calendar.• Wrote and published book reviews and interviews in several print edition issues.

Chicago, Il

• Managed and organized high volume of legal files pertaining to ongoing racial justice, First Amendment, and reproductive rights cases; maintained case docket books. • Organized law library and assigned library updates to office interns and volunteer law students.• Conducted in-depth phone interviews with callers seeking legal help, provided legal reference services to callers whose situations or needs fell outside the purview of ACLU services.• Filed/e-filed motions, briefs, memorandums, and other documents in Federal and State Courts.• Monitored press coverage of pertinent civil liberties issues, tracked media coverage of political and judicial developments related to casework; collected and organized press clippings for case files.• Processed, coded, and paid invoices for case expenses, law library materials, research publications.• Managed legal intake office, including organizing high volume of correspondence from prison inmates.• Recruited, trained and managed high school and college-age interns and volunteers.

Chicago, Il

• Taught weekly reading enrichment classes to students of all ages, (4 yrs. old – adult), including read-aloud, book discussions, reading comprehension, organization strategies, and basic reading skills.• Instructed on efficiency strategies for middle school, high school, and college-level students for completing large reading workloads and research assignments • Conducted classroom presentations for parents about reading development, how to strengthen reading skills, and how to develop and support a love of reading at home and support children in reading schoolwork

Master’S Degree, Library And Information Science

Activities and Societies: Elsesser Fellowship, 2014, 2015; Latzer Fellowship, 2015; Library Science Alumni Association Award, 2016.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Rhetoric And Creative Writing, High Departmental Distinction Honor