Master of Library and Information Science, University of California Los Angeles (2003-2006)

Juris Doctorate, University of Kansas (1995-1998)

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy, Kansas State University (1991-1995)

Premiere Choice Award from William Mitchell College of Law in January, 2008

Certificate of Merit for Innovative Programming by an SLA Student Group from Special Library Association in June, 2005

On-The-Spot Award from U.S. Export-Import Bank in January, 2002

Quality Step Increase from U.S. Export-Import Bank in September, 2001

Superior Accomplishment Award from U.S. Export-Import Bank in January, 2001

Phi Beta Kappa induction in 1995

Special Distinction in Public Speaking (Double Ruby)from National Forensics League in 1990

Collaborate: The Process of Designing a Library WebOPAC for the Twenty-First Century, co-author with Don Zhou, 33 Minnesota Association of Law Libraries Newsletter 9 (March/April 2007)

Locating Companies for Due Diligence and Background Information, Internet Strategies for Legal Professionals 176(National Business Institute: 2006)

Protecting Yourself and Your Firm on the Internet, Internet Strategies for Legal Professionals 184 (National Business Institute: 2006)

Legal Rhetoric Research Strategies in January, 2008.

Using Online Collaborative Tools Effectively in January, 2008.

Information Ethics for Law Librarians for the Minnesota Association of Law Librarians' Legal Research Institute in May, 2007.

Social Bookmarking Applications in Libraries presentation (with Debby Hackerson) for the Minnesota Library Association’s Academic and Research Library’s Day (ARLD) in April, 2007.

Research Strategies for Thesis Papers, presentation to the Seminar on Family Law and Domestic Violence in February, 2007.

Brave New World of Information Management, a Continuing Legal Education Seminar in January, 2007.

Personal Knowledge Management, Library Colloquium Series in June, 2006.

Wikis in Libraries, for the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries in May, 2006.

Beyond Google: The Future of Search, a Continuing Legal Education Seminar in January, 2006.

I was a teaching assistant for Advanced Legal Research at William Mitchell College of Law in the Spring of 2009.

I have co-taught Internet Legal Research class at William Mitchell College of Law five times (through June of 2008) in a variety of formats.

I also co-taught the research portions of the Writing & Representation: Advice & Persuasion (WRAP) class in 2005, 2006, and 2007.

October 2005 to present

Reference Librarian, Warren E. Burger Library

William Mitchell College of Law

Summary of Position: I provide research instruction to law students as well as teaching Continuing Legal Education courses. I am responsible for maintaining the database of internet legal resources. I work as a faculty liaison and assist with the development of pathfinders and instructional media, I serve as a blog consultant to faculty, work on a variety of committees and task forces. I also assist with library project management tasks as necessary.

November 2004 to October 2005

Evening Access Services / Reference Librarian, Hugh and Hazel Darling Law Library

University of California Los Angeles

Summary of Position: I oversaw the library in the evenings. I handled reference queries and oversaw access services. Other duties included digitizing materials and uploading them to the e-reserve system, processing billing statements, assisting in maintaining the reserve collection, conducting faculty office searches, and developing rescue and evacuation maps for the library.

June 2004 to July 2004

Fieldwork at the University of Tulsa’s College of Law’s Mabee Legal Information Center

Summary of Position: During my fieldwork I worked on projects including: development of an international intellectual property pathfinder; researching a Native American archival project; developing a finding aid and funding proposal for a College of Law history archive project; staffing the reference desk; preparing resources and user testing for the mandatory legal research class; and studying the campus-wide emergency response plan.

September 2003 to November 2004

Student Circulation Supervisor, Hugh and Hazel Darling Law Library, University of California Los Angeles

Summary of Position: In this position I worked the circulation desk and oversaw access to the library, charged and discharged books. I supervised one guard and one community service officer. I opened and closed the law library in this role on evenings and weekends.

November 2002 to August 2003

Consultant with the Tribal Law and Policy Institute

Summary of Position: I edited a model child protection code for Tribal nations, assisted in code revision workshops, assisted in editing a textbook and developed instructor's guides and assisted with the 2002 Strengthening Tribal Nations conference.

July 2000 to September 2002

Executive Assistant to the Vice President, Structured Finance Division

Export-Import Bank of the United States

Summary of Position: A variety of administrative tasks, including: generating macros for reports to track the Division's $9 billion portfolio;

responding to correspondence; reviewing financial applications; entering transactional information into the mainframe; making international travel reservations and preparing reimbursement vouchers; training and supervising a temporary worker.

August 1999 to April 2000

Staff Attorney, The Law Offices of Charles E. Branson

Summary of Position: Duties included discovery, litigation, and contract negotiation.

October 1998 to April 2000

Proprietor of Law Firm, Axton's Legal Services

I practiced domestic, criminal and real estate law as a sole practitioner.

August 1998 to March 1999

Assistant Reference Librarian, Lawrence Public Library

Summary of Position: I worked 20 hours per week providing general reference, especially legal and local government questions. I provided Internet research assistance and phone reference. I assisted patrons with local history archives and microforms. I organized the closed stack archives and developed a weeding proposal for the archives.

August 1997 to May 1998

Assistant Reference Librarian, University of Kansas School of Law

Summary of Position: I worked 16 hours per week on evenings and weekends providing legal reference service. I assisted patrons in researching Kansas and federal law primarily.

October 1996 to July 1997

Deputy Clerk of the Douglas County District Court, Kansas

Summary of Position: I was the limited civil clerk I docketed new cases, set hearings, processed garnishments, writs, and bench warrants. I also worked the front counter and handled a variety of administrative tasks from accepting payments to registering liens.