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Jennifer AW Stubbs
Assistant Professor, Instruction and Outreach Librarian
Cullom-Davis Library 101
(309) 677-2841
jastubbs@bradley.edu
Education
MLIS, San Jose State University
M.Sc.A.E., New Mexico State University
Smolny Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
Licensures / Certifications
Certified Instructor, The Carpentries
Biography
Walking the meditation labyrinth at 3000 W Richwoods.
Professional Experience
Presentations at Gen Con Indy Trade Day, 2024 and 2025
NYU Curriculum Development Grant: Teaching with Wikipedia, 2020
Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary docent, 2005
Teaching
IM 380, 2025 and 2026, Critical Games Studies
IM 180, 2024, Survey of Games
Scholarship
Norton, C., Stubbs, J., Sollinger, A., and T. Ribaric. (May 2026). 鈥淪keptically Defining the Post Reference Epoch鈥� Library Trends. (74) 4, 724-741. doi.org/10.1353/lib.2026.a992002
Stubbs, J. and J. Cox. 2026. ” Building community across a conference with a pervasive game: Muses by Jason Cox.” Play Make Learn Conference, Madison, WI.听
Stubbs, J. and C. Bowers. 2026. “Green Means Go: Applying Zero Sessions in Research and Academia.” Generation Analog 2026.
Stubbs, J. 2026. 鈥淧lease Gamble Responsibly,” [Lightning talk and round table.] Illinois Libraries Association 鈥� Illinois Academic and College Research Libraries鈥� Spring Sampler Conference, April, 22, 2026, online.听
Stubbs, J. and M. Goodridge. 2026. 鈥淎pproachable, Equitable, Accessible: Libraries as Arcade of Accommodations.鈥� Public Services Quarterly, 1-7.听聽.听
Stubbs, J. 2026. 鈥淭rust built through games based methods,” [50 min workshop] CARLI Showcase, June 4, 2026, online.听
Stubbs, J. and C. Norton. (2025). 鈥淔AZE: Fear Aware Zine Education.鈥� In Critical Information Literacy Applications for All Libraries. Hornick, J. N. & Kehoe, L. (Eds.). ALA Editions.听聽(see Chapter 12)聽
Barton, C., Double, J. L., Ganeesh, N., James, A., Reed, P., & J. Stubbs, (2025). “Spicy Data Skills Open Science Program with Library Carpentry.” In Bongiovanni, E., Gainey, M., Griego, C., & L. Beltran (Eds.) Open Science Cookbook. ALA Editions.听聽[See Section 2, Chapter 7]聽
Wadland, J., Stubbs, J., Wheeler, J, and S. Martin. 2025. 鈥淭he Care and Feeding of the Carpentries: Cultivating Inclusive Software Development Communities in Libraries.鈥� at DLF (Digital Libraries Forum), Denver, CO, USA.听
Donovan, K., and J. Stubbs. 2025. 鈥淭he Non-Academics Guide to Games for Your Classroom: Learning Outcomes Map to mechanics, Not Themes.鈥� GenCon Trade Day. Indianapolis, IN, USA.听
Stubbs, J. (2024). 鈥淚ndex,鈥� in Playframes: How do we know we are playing? by Celia Pearce, MIT Press.听
Johnson, M. and J. Stubbs. 2024. 鈥淐onnections: Librarians put like things together.鈥� GenCon Trade Day. Indianapolis, IN, USA.听
Stubbs, J. and Lim, E. J. (2023) “Escape From Escape Room Doom: Efficient, Effective Orientation Through Game Mechanics.” LOEX Conference Proceedings, 2023. Harrisburg, PA, USA.听聽
Ruslan, S., Lim, E. J., and J. Stubbs. (2021). 鈥淭hree Non-US Perspectives on the COVID-19 Experience in Libraries.鈥� Critical Pedagogy Symposium.听
Service
爱豆传媒视频 Senator 2025-2026
Interdisciplinary Studies Committee, 2023-2025
爱豆传媒视频 Core Curriculum Committee, 2023-2026
Student Involvement Opportunities
Advisor for Common Ground, 2023-2026