The Social Sciences Department (SSD) advances the research and learning of the University’s social sciences and professional program disciplines, departments, and colleges. The SSD liaisons and reference specialists provide course-integrated instruction, research consultations that range from simple to sustained and advanced, and connect their constituents to services and people from around the Libraries. SSD is also home to Mapping Prejudice, the Borchert Map Library, and the Government Publications unit. The professionals who work in these areas manage complex and specialized collections, provide focused research support, and serve on highly collaborative initiatives in and beyond the Libraries such as the BTAA Geoportal, the FDLP, and more. SSD staff are tied together through our deep grounding in social science disciplinary subjects, content, methods, and related emerging approaches to research, teaching, and community engagement.
Members of SSD:
- Danya Leebaw
- Director of Social Sciences/Interim Economics and Political Science Librarian
- Kim Clarke
- Librarian for Curriculum and Instruction, Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, Postsecondary Teaching and Learning, Communication Studies, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, and Women's Studies
- Daniel Cook
- Library Assistant for Government Publications
- Mike Corey
- Geospatial, Technical and Data Lead/Associate Director, Mapping Prejudice
- Kirsten Delegard
- Project Director, Mapping Prejudice
- Rebecca Gillette
- Community Engagement Lead/Associate Director, Mapping Prejudice
- Cody Hennesy
- Journalism and Research Computing Librarian
- Melinda Kernik
- Spatial Data Analyst and Curator
- Jason Ladd
- Library Assistant for Government Publications
- Caroline Lilyard
- Business and Global Studies Librarian
- Karen Majewicz
- Geospatial Product Manager
- Ryan Mattke
- Map & Geospatial Information Librarian
- Jenny McBurney
- Government Publications Librarian
- Kat Nelsen
- Librarian for American Indian Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Asian American Studies, and Sociology
- Alison Nelson Chabot
- Business Reference Support Associate
- Clarice Ostman
- Library Associate for Government Publications
- Dana Peterson
- Library Assistant for the Map Library
- Amy Riegelman
- Librarian for Child Development, Educational Psychology, Psychology, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences/Evidence Synthesis Librarian
- Mary Schoenborn
- Business and Public Policy Librarian
- Sara Westdal
- Library Assistant for Government Publications