Caitlin Stewart
Teaching and Learning Librarian
Office
MLB Milner Library 614c
Office Hours
By Appointment: https://tinyurl.com/cjstew1
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Selected Research
Biography
Caitlin Stewart is an Assistant Professor at Illinois State University where she serves as the liaison librarian to the School of Teaching and Learning within the College of Education as well as the university’s laboratory schools. She also acts as the head of the Teaching Materials Center, which serves the teacher education programs across Illinois State University departments. Prior to joining Illinois State University in 2020, Professor Stewart worked as a Research and Learning Services Specialist at the University of Washington’s Suzzallo and Allen Library while she also pursued her Master of Library and Information Science.
Teaching Interests & Areas
Information literacy, teaching materials and resources, critical literacy, critical visual literacy, research skills, source evaluation
Research Interests & Areas
Novice K-12 teacher experiences, critical visual literacy of pre-service teachers, critical visual literacy and picture books, assessment of children and young adult library collections, models of librarianship
M.L.I.S. (Master of Library and Information Science)
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
BA Secondary Education
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Grants and Contracts
University Research Grant: Novice Teachers Navigating the Challenges of a Pandemic: Listening to their Stories
Sarah French, Caitlin Stewart
Milner Library. July 2022
University Research Grant: Teaching During a Pandemic: Novice K-12 Teachers Tackle Existing and Unprecedented Challenges
Sarah Woodhouse French, Caitlin Stewart
Milner Library. July 2021 - June 2022
Performances and Exhibits
International Day of Peace Exhibit
Caitlin Stewart
September 2022 - October 2022
Caitlin Stewart
September 2022 - October 2022
Journal Article
Critical Picture Book Literacy
Caitlin Stewart & Heather Koopmans
Journal of Visual Literacy, 44 (1), 23, (2025), https://doi.org/10.1080/1051144X.2025.2458444
A Case Study: Shifting within a Curriculum Materials Center
Caitlin Stewart
Education Libraries, 47 (1), 17, (2024), https://doi.org/10.26443/el.v47i1.392
Consulting with an Embedded Librarian: Student Perceptions on the Value of Required Research Meetings
Susan Franzen, Caitlin Stewart, Mallory Jallas, & Joshua Newport
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 112 (4), 324-331, (2024), https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2024.1793
Presentations
Agency, bias and representation: Undergraduate students’ understanding of critical visual literacy
Caitlin Stewart, Heather Koopmans
ACRL 2025 Conference Type, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April, 2025
The Possibilities and Pitfalls: Using Generative AI to Identify Relevant Titles
Caitlin Stewart
12th Annual CARLI Instruction Showcase, Online, June 18, 2024
National Discrepancies: The Relationship Between Education Student Enrollment and Curriculum Materials Center/Collection Budget
Caitlin Stewart, Jenelle Johnson
ACRL 2024 EBSS Virtual Research Forum, Online, May 1, 2024
Seeing the Big Picture: Engaging with Critical Visual Literacy through Picture Books
Caitlin Stewart, Heather Koopmans
2023 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois, June 25, 2023
“I have never been ‘taught’ how to do it. Just told to do it”: Teaching Critical Visual Literacy through Library instruction
Caitlin Stewart, Heather Koopmans
MiALA 2023 Annual Conference, Holland, Michigan, May 18, 2023
"Glad She Was There, Otherwise I Would Have Failed": Student Perceptions of an Embedded Librarian
Susan Franzen, Caitlin Stewart, Mallory Jallas, Joshua Newport, Allison Rand
Illinois Library Association Annual Conference, Rosemont, IL, October, 2022
Going Off Book: Adding Non-Traditional Collections to Your Library
Jennifer Williams, Allison Scmid, Caitlin Stewart
Illinois Library Association Annual Conference, Rosemont, IL, October, 2022
How Do Students Really Feel?: Embedded Librarianship in a Nursing Research Class
Susan Franzen, Caitlin Stewart
2022 HSLI Annual Conference, Online, September, 2022
Analyzing the Intersectionality of Cultural Experiences in Library Purchases
Caitlin Stewart
ALA/EBSS Education and SLA Academic/Education Webinar Series, Online, March, 2022
Confronting National Imagination: American Identity and Hand-Me-Down History
Caitlin Stewart, Rebecca Fitzsimmons
History - Social Sciences Teacher Symposium, Normal, IL, February, 2022
Teaching During a Pandemic: Novice K-12 Teachers Tackle Existing and Unprecedented Challenges
Caitlin Stewart
Association of Teacher Educators 2022 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, February 13, 2022
Teaching Materials Center: Adapting Physical Spaces during Covid-19
Caitlin Stewart
Spring COVID-19 Town Hall - One Year Later, Online, March, 2021
Meeting in the Middle: Creating a Socially Distanced Virtual Browsing Experience using Primo VE and ThingLink
Caitlin Stewart, Allison Rand
Primo VE in Practice, Online, December, 2020