Occasional Series

Navigating Research Incentives: IRB, Institutional Support, and Funds

On April 10, 2023 Amber Sewell, Nena Schvaneveldt, and Carolina Hernandez spoke about their experiences finding and offering incentives for research. This 1-hour presentation was not be recorded.

Picture of Amanda Sewell, Speaker: Navigating Research Incentives
Amber Sewell (she/her)
Amber Sewell is a Teaching & Learning Librarian at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she works primarily with first and second year undergraduate students. She is interested in games and storytelling for instruction and how instructional design and creativity can create engaging and effective learning experiences.
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Nena Schvaneveldt (she/her)
Nena Schvaneveldt is an Associate Director of Clinical, Education, and Research and Associate Librarian at the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah. Her work focuses on curricular development and delivery of information literacy instruction to students in the health professions. Her research interests include information practices of health professions students, authentic information literacy instruction, and critical librarianship in health sciences.
Picture of Carolina Hernandez, Speaker: Navigating Research Incentives
Carolina Hernandez (she/her)
Carolina Hernandez is a Student Success Librarian and Rooks Early Career Librarian Fellow at the University of Houston, where she works with co-curricular programs to integrate information literacy beyond the classroom. Her research interests currently include assessing hiring practices in academic librarianship for inequity in order to make the process more inclusive.
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Ruth Monnier (she/her)
Ruth Monnier is a Learning Outreach Librarian at Pittsburg State University, Kansas, where she engages in campus and community partnerships, library programming, and instruction. Her research interests include library programming, community outreach, and open education.