Karen Wang is our summer 2020 Diverse BookFinder intern. She is a graduate student at Pratt Institute, pursuing a Master of Library and Information Science to become a children’s librarian. Before transitioning to librarianship, Karen worked in the K-12 educational technology field, developing and implementing programs for students, families, and educators across the country. Karen […]
Month: August 2020
Picture Book Portrayals of Economic Struggle in the U.S.: What do the numbers say?
This guest post is co-authored by our summer MLIS graduate student interns, Karen Wang and Sanura Williams. The topic was inspired by Bates student Alex Gilbertson ’22, from one of her final projects for our Co-founder and Director Dr. Krista Aronson’s Psychology course called “The Power of Picture Books.” Here at the Diverse BookFinder, our […]
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Dignity In All Work: Career Day with Essential Workers
Sanura Williams is our summer 2020 Diverse BookFinder intern. She is a Library and Information Science graduate student at San Jose State University. Sanura aspires to work as a public librarian with a focus on youth services. She has a passion for celebrating diversity in literature, and in 2016 founded My Lit Box, an online community […]
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