Librarian Liaisons and Faculty Representatives

LMU librarians serve as liaisons to support outreach and collection development for each academic department and program. Liaisons are responsible for ensuring that our collections comprehensively support LMU's academic programs. In their collection development role, librarian liaisons choose library materials by actively seeking out, evaluating, and reviewing materials, and connecting with faculty in their department to stay abreast of curricular or research interest changes.

In their outreach function, liaisons are a conduit between academic departments and the library to make sure that we are serving the unique research and information literacy needs of students and faculty in each discipline to the best of our ability. Liaisons are assigned subjects based on their undergraduate and graduate degrees, academic interests, and the needs of the library.

Each academic department/program at LMU assigns a faculty member to serve as Faculty Library Representative (FLR) for that department for a three year term. The FLR may be the primary contact person for his or her department with the library. FLRs are responsible for communicating curriculum changes to the library and providing feedback from the faculty to the library regarding library services, policies, procedures, and collections.

Faculty with questions regarding the purchase of library materials or other functions of the library should contact their departmental FLR or their librarian liaison (name links below will email the liaison).

Subject Librarian Liaison Faculty Representative Term Exp.
African American Studies Nicole Murph Will Pruit 2028
Studio Arts Marie Kennedy Paloma Barhaugh-Bordas 2026
Art History Jessea Young Amanda Herring 2025
Asian Pacific and Asian Pacific American Studies Rachel Wen-Paloutzian Katia Chaterji 2028
Bioethics Raymundo Andrade Roberto Dell'Oro 2027
Biology Shalini Ramachandran Max Ezin 2027
Business: Accounting José J. Rincón
Huayu (Jade) Chen
2027
Business: Finance José J. Rincón Julie Ngo 2026
Business: Information Systems and Business Analytics José J. Rincón
Aditya Balaram
2027
Business: Management José J. Rincón Yangyang Zhang 2028
Business: Marketing and Business Law José J. Rincón
Chloe Moon
2027
Chemistry and Biochemistry Shalini Ramachandran Tom Reilly 2026
Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies Raymundo Andrade Rudy Mondragón 2028
Classics and Archaeology Peter Rolla
Chris Gipson
2027
Communication Studies Susan Archambault Corrina Laughlin 2027
Dance Jessea Young Damon Rago 2025
Economics Nataly Blas
Fan Liang
2027
Education: Educational Leadership and Administration Elisa Acosta
Kyo Yamashiro
2027
Education: Specialized Programs in Professional Psychology Elisa Acosta Sheri Atwater 2028
Education: Teaching and Learning Elisa Acosta Maryann Krikorian 2026
Engineering: Civil and Environmental Glenn Johnson-Grau Joe Reichenberger 2026
Engineering: Computer Science Stephanie Gritz B.J. Johnson 2026
Engineering: Electrical and Computer Stephanie Gritz Hossein Asghari 2028
Engineering: Mechanical Glenn Johnson-Grau Omar Es-Said 2028
English John Jackson Aimee Ross-Kilroy 2026
Film and TV: Animation Ron Lewis Jose Garcia Moreno 2028
Film and TV: Film, TV, and Media Studies Nicole Murph Jake Martin, S.J. 2026
Film and TV: Production Ron Lewis Karen Smalley 2027
Film and TV: Recording Arts Ron Lewis Rachel Corrales Simmons 2026
Film and TV: Screenwriting Nicole Murph Ernie Bustamente 2026
Health and Human Sciences Shalini Ramachandran Caio Sousa 2024
History Nicole Murph Sean Dempsey 2025
Jewish Studies Alexander Justice Roy Fisher 2027
Marital and Family Therapy Darlene Aguilar Joyce Green 2025
Mathematics Shalini Ramachandran Karen Ellis 2027
Modern Languages and Literatures Peter Rolla Antonia Petro 2027
Music John Jackson Divine Gbagbo 2026
Philosophy Jason Mitchell Brian Ballard 2028
Physics Marie Kennedy Gabriele Varieschi 2028
Political Science and International Relations  Glenn Johnson-Grau Chaya Crowder 2026
Psychological Science Nataly Blas Alex Sturm  2027
Sociology Lizeth Zepeda Sara Villalta 2027
Theatre Arts Cynthia Becht David Davila 2027
Theological Studies Alexander Justice Roy Fisher 2027
Urban and Environmental Studies Marisa Ramirez Bernadette Musetti 2025
Women's and Gender Studies Taylor Parks
Sandibel Borges
2027
Yoga Studies Jason Mitchell Zoe Slatoff 2026