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Jennifer Sharkey

Associate Professor & Head, Instruction and Student Engagement Department
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Biography

Jennifer Sharkey is an Associate Professor and Head of Instruction and Student Engagement. In this role, she leads a team of librarians, overseeing Milner Library's instructional programming for curricular and co-curricular programs. Her research interests encompass curriculum/instructional design, pedagogy, assessment, and using technology to enhance learning.

Grants and Contracts

University Research Grant: Student Success Initiatives in Academic Libraries
Mallory Jallas, Jennifer Rose Sharkey, Christopher Jon Worland, Chad Kahl.
Milner Library. July 1 2021 - June 30 2022
University Research Grant: Learning Styles of Librarians
Jennifer Rose Sharkey, Chad Kahl, Bill McMillin, Trisha Prosise.
Milner Library. July 1 2010 - June 30 2011

Book, Chapter

Integrating technology literacy and information literacy
Jennifer Rose Sharkey, D Scott Brandt.
(2008), 580--588, Online and Distance Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, IGI Global
Navigating student success: Insights from student success librarians
Mallory Jallas, Chad Kahl, Jennifer Rose Sharkey, Christopher Jon Worland.
Student Success Librarianship: Critical Perspectives on an Emerging Profession, ACRL Press

Conference Proceeding

Integrating Bioinformatic Instruction Into Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Curriculum
Diane C Rein, Jennifer Rose Sharkey, Jane Kinkus.
183-216, (2007)

Journal Article

Impact of Embedded Librarianship on Undergraduate Nursing Students Information Skills
Susan Rose Franzen, Jennifer Rose Sharkey.
Journal of the Medical Library Association, (2021)
Minding the Gap: Grassroots Efforts to Enhance the Graduate Student Research Experience
Susan Rose Franzen, Sarah Rebecca Dick, Jennifer Rose Sharkey.
(2018)
Using COUNTIF and COUNTIFs Formulas to Help Analyze \& Graphically Represent your Instruction Data
Jennifer Rose Sharkey.
LOEX Quarterly, 42 (1), 3, (2015)
Establishing twenty-first-century information fluency
Jennifer Rose Sharkey.
Reference & User Services Quarterly, 53 (1), 33-39, (2013)
One Size Can't Fit All: A Multi-Layered Assessment Approach to Identifying Skill and Competency Levels
Jennifer Rose Sharkey, Bill McMillin, Trisha Prosise.
(2013)
Creating Documentary Shorts in a Credit-bearing Information Literacy Course
Jennifer Rose Sharkey.
(2011)
Political and Social Agendas: Analyzing Commercials \& Public Service Announcements Attempting to Sway Public Opinion
Jennifer Rose Sharkey.
(2011)
Beyond the Keyboard: Optimizing Technology Spaces for Collaborative Learning, Instruction and Service
Jennifer Rose Sharkey.
Teaching with Technology: An Academic Librarian’s Guide, 101--123, (2007)
Faculty Learning Communities: Using Professional Development Strategies to Collaborate and Integrate Information and Computer Literacy into the Curriculum
Alexius Smith Macklin, Jennifer Rose Sharkey.
LIBRARY ORIENTATION SERIES, 38, 199, (2006)
Integrating Bioinformatic Instruction into Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Curriculum
Jennifer Rose Sharkey, Diane C Rein, Jane Kinkus.
(2006)
Towards information fluency: applying a different model to an information literacy credit course
Jennifer Rose Sharkey.
Reference services review, (2006)
Utilizing filmmaking to advance generation Y’s information fluency
Jennifer Rose Sharkey.
(2006)
Cyberplagiarism and the library: Issues and solutions
Jennifer Rose Sharkey, F Bartow Culp.
The Reference Librarian, 44 (91-92), 103--116, (2005)
Merging information literacy and technology through instructional and collaborative initiatives
Jennifer Rose Sharkey.
LOEX Quarterly, 32 (1), 4, (2005)

Presentations

Zero to Hero: Empowering Faculty to Explore and Utilize XR/VR Technologies for Research and Pedagogy
Roslin V Hauck, Roy David Magnuson, Jennifer Rose Sharkey.
Educause, Chicago, IL, October 10, 2023
Better Together: Academic Libraries and Campus Collaborations for Student Success
Chad Kahl, Jennifer Rose Sharkey, Christopher Jon Worland, Mallory Jallas.
LOEX 2022, Ypsilanti, MI, May 5, 2022
Academic Libraries & Student Success: An Investigation of the Library’s Role in Campus-wide Student Success Initiatives
Chad Kahl, Jennifer Rose Sharkey, Mallory Jallas, Christopher Jon Worland.
2021 American Library Association Annual Conference, Online, June, 2021
Helping you support your students: Connecting first-year general education instructors to the library
Christopher Jon Worland, Jennifer Rose Sharkey.
12th Annual Midwest First-Year, Normal, IL, September, 2019