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Gwendolyn Reece Director of Research, Teaching, and Learning Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ Library Faculty

Degrees
Ph.D. Education, American Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ; M.S. Library and Information Science, Simmons College; M.A. Religious Studies, Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ of California at Santa Barbara; B.Ph. Interdisciplinary Studies, Miami Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ

Favorite Spot on Campus
Any of the little wooded nooks hidden around campus.
Bio
Gwendolyn is the Associate Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ Librarian and Director of Research, Teaching and Learning in the Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ Library. Gwendolyn's scholarly research is primarily on Contemporary Paganism and she has an MA and was a doctoral candidate in Religious Studies at Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ of California at Santa Barbara. When her lead two professors left UCSB, she went to Simmons and became a librarian. Gwendolyn joined American Çà¹ÏÊÓƵ’s faculty in 1998 and earned a Ph.D. from AU’s School of Education in 2007. Her research used ethnographic methods to investigate a school for at-risk youth that used Waldorf methods, invented by Rudolf Steiner.
For the Media
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Partnerships & Affiliations

  • • Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) Legislation and Regulation Committee: June 2007 – Current
    Member

  • • Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA), June 2006-June 2008
    Website Advisory Board

  • • LITA Education Committee, 2003-2008
    Member

  • • LITA Open Source Interest Group, 2002-current
    Member

  • LITA Open Source Interest Group 2005-2006
    Chair

  • LITA Open Source Interest Group, 2004-2005
    Vice Chair

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Research Interests

Waldorf Education and Educational Equity.Ìý The relationship between environmentalism and spirituality.

Selected Publications

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Reece, G. J. (2017). Pagan Leaders and Clergy: A Quantitative Exploration. The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies, 19(1), 25-46. journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/POM/index

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Reece, G. J. (2016). Contemporary Pagans and Stigmatized Identity. The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies, 18(1), 60-95.

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Reece, G. J. (2015). Impediments to Practice in Contemporary Paganism. Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies, 16(2), 150-177. 10.1558/pome.v16i2.27020

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Reece, G. J. (2015). Prevalence and Importance ofÌý Contemporary Pagan Practices. Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies.

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

  • LITA – certificate recognizing outstanding participation
  • Beta Phi Mu
  • Phi Beta Kappa