Jennifer Burek Pierce

Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Science
The University of Iowa
3076 Main Library
Iowa City, IA 52242-1420
319.335.5716 (phone)
jennifer-burek-pierce@uiowa.edu

Education
• Ph.D., Communication and Culture, 1999, Indiana University, Dissertation title:
Women’s Rhetorical Activities After Suffrage: Advocacy for the Maternity and
Infancy Act of 1921
• M.L.S., School of Library & Information Science, 1999, Indiana University
• M.A., Literature in English, Gonzaga University
• B.S., Major: English, Minor: Journalism, 1988, Northern Arizona University

Professional and Academic Positions

• August 2005-present: Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information
Science, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
• Summer 2005: Adjunct Faculty, School of Library and Information Science,
Indiana University School of Library and Information Science at Bloomington
• June 2002-May 2005: Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information
Science, Indiana University School of Library and Information Science at
Indianapolis
• February 2002: Project Editor, Web Standards Manual, Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland
• September 2000-February 2002: Young Adult Librarian/Reference and
Programming Substitute, Arlington County Public Library, Arlington, Virginia
• June 2000-December 2001: Adjunct Faculty, School of Library and Information
Science, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
• October 1999-June 2000: Head of Reference Services/ Co-Editor of the MCH
Alert, National Center for Education in Maternal & Child Health, Georgetown
University, Washington, D.C.
• August 1994-1999: Associate Instructor, Department of Communication &
Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
• August 1997-May 1998: Visiting Instructor, Department of English, Journalism,
and Languages, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Terre Haute, Indiana
• August 1994-May 1995: Adjunct Faculty, Department of English, University of
Colorado at Colorado Springs
• August 1993-May 1994; August 1990-July 1992: Teaching Assistant,
Department of English, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
• 1992-1993: Library staff, Miller, Nash, Weiner, Hager & Carlson, Portland,
Oregon
Honors and Awards
• Marquis Who’s Who in America, 2007
• Old Gold Fellowship, The University of Iowa. Summer 2006
• Trustees’ Teaching Award, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
2005
• Center for Teaching and Learning Instructional Technology Scholar, Scholarship
of Teaching and Learning on Instructional Technology Impact. Indiana
University-Purdue University Indianapolis Office for Professional Development
Teaching and Learning Community Award. 2004-05
• Grant in Aid for Service. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Office for Professional Development. January 2004.

Memberships
American Library Association. 1998-Present.
Association of Library and Information Science Educators. 2003-Present.
Society for the History of Reading, Authorship, and Publishing. 2004-Present.
American Association for the History of Medicine. 2005-Present.

Scholarship
Publications or Creative Works
Refereed

Books:
1. Sex, Brains & Video Games: A Librarian’s Guide to Teens in the 21st Century.
American Library Association Editions: Chicago, Forthcoming (2007)

Book Chapters and Articles:

1. (Accepted) “Why Girls Go Wrong”: Advising Female Teen Readers in the Early
Twentieth Century. Library Quarterly
2. (Accepted) Science, Advocacy, and “The Sacred and Intimate Things of Life”:
Representing Motherhood as a Progressive Era Cause in Women’s Magazines.
American Periodicals 18.1
3. Research Directions for Understanding and Responding to Young Adult Sexual
Health Information Needs. Youth Information Seeking Behavior: Theories,
Models, and Issues vol., 2. Mary K. Chelton and Colleen Cool, eds. Lanham,
MD: Scarecrow, 2007.
4. The Borderland Age and Borderline Books: The Early Practice of Youth
Readers’ Advisory. Young Adult Library Services Fall 2006, pp. 44-49.
5. With D. Shaw. Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: Accessing Sexual and
Reproductive Health Information via the Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature.
LISR Fall 2005 27 (4), 467-484.
6. What's Harry Potter Doing in the Library? Depictions of Young Adult
Information Seeking Behavior in Contemporary Fantasy Fiction. Selected Papers
 of “From Aesop to E-Book: The Story Goes On...” Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
June 2004.
7. "Newly Invited … Into Government": Origins of Federal Government
Information on Maternal and Child Health. Journal of Government Information
(30.5-6).
8. With K. Anderson, S. Bonewits, K. McDorman, C. Procopio, K. Sheeler, and H.
Tate. Voices About Choices: The Role of Female Networks in Affirming Life
Choices in the Academy. Women’s Studies in Communication 27. 1 (Spring
2004): 88-110.
9. Picking the Flowers in the 'Fair Garden': The Circulation, Non-circulation, and
Disappearance of Young Adult Non-Fiction Materials. School Libraries
Worldwide 9.2 (July 2003), 62-72.
10. With H. Snyder. Measuring Intellectual Capital: A Valuation Strategy for Library
and Information Centers. Library Administration & Management (December
2002).
11. With H. Snyder. Measuring Intellectual Capital: Concepts for Information
Scientists. In Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. B. Cronin
and D. Shaw, eds. Information Today: Medford, NJ, 2001.

12. Portrait of a “Governor Lady”: Nellie Tayloe Ross’s Autobiographical Political

Advocacy. In Navigating Boundaries: The Rhetoric of Women Governors. M.
Mayhead and B. DeVore Marshall, eds. Praeger Series in Political
Communication. Praeger: Westport, Conn., 2000.

13. With A. Lang, P. Sias, and P. Chantrill. Tell Me a Story: Narrative Elaboration
and Memory for Television. Communication Reports 8.2 (1995): 102-10.

Conference Presentations (Refereed):

1. (Accepted) What Young Readers Ought to Know: Sylvanus Stall’s Successful
Selling of Sex Education in the Early 20th Century. SHARP. Minneapolis, Minn.
2. (Accepted) The Fate of an Empty Hearth: Motivating Adolescent Sexual and
Reproductive Health in Early 20th Century France. American Association for the
History of Medicine, Montreal, Canada. May 2007
3. (Accepted) "The Little Comedy of Deception and Falsehood": Syphilis, Sex
Education, and Gender, 1880-1909. History of Women’s Health Conference, The
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 2007
4. “Let’s Talk About Sex”: Professional Values, Disciplinary Research, and Young
Adults’ Reproductive Health. Association of Library and Information Science
Educators. Seattle, Washington. January 2007
5. The 'Sphere of Usefulness' and the 'Domain of Morals': Making Medical
Knowledge Public in the Progressive Era. American Association for the History
of Medicine. Halifax, Nova Scotia. May 2006
6. “Why Girls Go Wrong”: Advising Female Teen Readers in the Early Twentieth
Century. Library History Research Seminar XI. Champaign, Illinois. October
2005
7. Reading by Day Light and by Fire Side: Sexual Health Instruction Treatises for
Youth in the Victorian and Progressive Eras. Material Cultures and the Creation
of Knowledge Conference. University of Edinburgh, Centre for the History of the
Book, Scotland. July 2005
8. The Birds, the Bees, and the Buzz About Sex Education: An Analysis of Early
Progressive Era Reproductive Health Information in Ladies’ Home Journal.
American Journalism Historians Association and the AEJMC History Division
Joint Spring Meeting. March 2005
9. Progressive Era Foundations for Reader’s Advisory to Adolescents: Enacting
Ideas and Ideals in Librarianship. Library Research Seminar III. Kansas City,
Missouri. October 2004
10. With H. Snyder. Does She or Doesn't She?: An Analysis of Publications on
Women's Managerial Styles. Mountain Plains Management Association. Fort
Collins, Colorado. October 2004
11. What's Harry Potter Doing in the Library? Depictions of Young Adult
Information Seeking Behavior in Contemporary Fantasy Fiction. Joint Special
Library Association/International Association of School Librarianship
Conference. Dublin, Republic of Ireland. June 2004
12. The Forgotten Women Of The 1920s And '30s: Examining Women's Rhetorical
Efforts at Political And Economic Equality. National Communication
Association. Miami, Florida. November 2003
13. The Importance of Female Support Systems in the Academy. National
Communication Association. Atlanta, Georgia. November 2001
14. Advocacy After Suffrage: The Rhetorical Work of the League of Women Voters
for the Infancy and Maternity Act of 1921. Rhetoric Society of America.
Washington, DC. May 2000
15. Rhetoric and the Renaissance Man: Reading Castiglione’s Courtier in the Context
of Rhetorical History. National Communication Association. Chicago, Illinois,
November 1997
16. Life, Death, and Political Legitimacy: Campaigns for Maternal Healthcare in the
1920s. National Communication Association. Chicago, Illinois, November 1997
17. Nellie Tayloe Ross's "Progress and the Eternal Feminine": Representing Women
in Politics. Central States Communication Association. St. Louis, Missouri.
April 1997
18. Style and Citizenship in Cicero's De Oratore: The Rhetoric of Unity and Order.
Speech Communication Association. San Diego, California. November 1996
19. Considering Feminism in Context: Reading Nellie Tayloe Ross's Autobiography
as Political Advocacy. Western States Speech Communication Association.
Pasadena, California. February 1996
20. Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling: The Growing Presence of Women in
Invited Professional Activities. With R. Flores, T. Zawadski, P. Opong, and A.
Lang. Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication. Atlanta,
Georgia. August 1994
Publications or Creative Works
Invited

Book Chapters and Articles:

1. (Accepted/2007) Review of Governor Lady: The Life and Times of Nellie Tayloe
Ross, by Teva J. Scheer. Great Plains Quarterly.
2. Review of In Sickness and in Health: How Information and Knowledge Are
Related to Health Behaviour, by Kristina Eriksson-Backa. Journal of Health
Communication 11.8 (December 2006): pp. 807-09.
3. “Health.” The New Encyclopedia of American Journalism. E. King, ed. M.E.
Sharpe: Armonk, New York, forthcoming.
4. “Ladies Home Journal.” The New Encyclopedia of American Journalism. E.
King, ed. M.E. Sharpe: Armonk, New York, forthcoming.
5. “Seventeen.” The New Encyclopedia of American Journalism. E. King, ed. M.E.
Sharpe: Armonk, New York, forthcoming.
6. Review of Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome: An Anthology, edited by
I.M. Plant. Libraries & Culture 40, 4 (Fall 2005), p. 569-70.
7. Contributing author, “200 Years of Young Adult Library Services History: A
Chronology” published in Voice of Youth Advocates (June 2005, pp. 106-111) and
maintained on the Voices of Youth Advocates and American Library
Association/Young Adult Library Services Association Web sites
8. Contributing author, “Studying Online Learning: Seeking Knowledge and Best
Practice Together,” The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Indiana
University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis Center on Integrating Learning, 2006
9. “Jennifer Donnelly.” Continuum Encyclopedia of Young Adult Literature. B.
Cullinan and B. Kunzel, eds. Continuum Press: New York and London, 2004.
10. “Tony Hillerman.” Continuum Encyclopedia of Young Adult Literature. B.
Cullinan and B. Kunzel, eds. Continuum Press: New York and London, 2004.
11. “Louise Rennison.” Continuum Encyclopedia of Young Adult Literature. B.
Cullinan and B. Kunzel, eds. Continuum Press: New York and London, 2004.
12. “Zilpha Keatley Snyder.” Continuum Encyclopedia of Young Adult Literature. B.
Cullinan and B. Kunzel, eds. Continuum Press: New York and London, 2004.
13. “Virginia Euwer Wolff.” Continuum Encyclopedia of Young Adult Literature. B.
Cullinan and B. Kunzel, eds. Continuum Press: New York and London, 2004
14. Review of Reimagining Textuality: Textual Studies in the Late Age of Print,
edited by Elizabeth Bergmann Loizeaux and Neil Fraistat. American
Communication Journal 5.3 (2002):
http://acjournal.org/holdings/vol5/iss3/reviews/pierce.htm.
15. Review of Beyond Public Speech and Symbols: Explorations in the Rhetoric of
Politicians and the Media, edited by Christ’l De Landtsheer and Ofer Feldman.
Journal of Government Information (September 2001).
16. Review of Machiavellian Rhetoric: From the Counter-Reformation to Milton, by
Victoria Kahn. Southern Communication Journal 63.2 (1998): 173-74.
Conference Presentations (Invited):
1. “Now I Am an Assistant Professor: What Are the Expectations While I Work
Toward Tenure?" Panelist for Doctoral Student Special Interest Group.
Association of Library and Information Science Educators. Seattle, Washington.
2007
2. Meet the Editor. Indiana Library Federation. Indianapolis, Indiana. April 2004
3. Local Issues and Approaches to Reference Education. Reference and User
Services Association Panel on Library and Information Science Education,
Midwinter American Library Association. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. January
2002

Other Talks and Guest Lectures (Invited):

1. Reading by Day Light and by Fire Side: Sexual and Reproductive Health
Publications for Victorian and Progressive Era Youth, Book Studies Workshop,
Center for the Book, The University of Iowa, December 2006
2. “Why Girls Go Wrong”: Advising Female Teen Readers in the Early Twentieth
Century. Colloquium, School of Information Science, University of Pittsburgh,
November 2006
3. “Why Girls Go Wrong”: Advising Female Teen Readers in the Early Twentieth
Century. Medical Humanities Seminar, Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis, October 2006
4. John Hurty and the Indiana Society for Social Hygiene vs. the Sexual Plagues.
History of Eugenics Seminar, Department of History, Indiana University-Purdue
University Indianapolis, October 2006
5. From Baby Dolls to Babies in Their Caskets: Motivating Adolescent Sexual
Health in Early 20th Century France. The University of Iowa History of Medicine
Society. Iowa City, Iowa. September 2006
6. Guest lecturer on writing for American Libraries and other Library and
Information Science trade publications, graduate course on Library Public
Relations, Indiana University, Summer 2006
7. Reading by Day Light and by Fire Side: Sexual Health Instruction Treatises for
Youth in the Victorian and Progressive Eras. School of Library and Information
Science, The University of Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa. March 2005
8. Guest lecturer on media relations, graduate course on Issues in the Management
of Library Services and Programs, Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis, Fall 2004
9. Librarians’ Brown Bag Series. Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University-
Purdue University Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Indiana. August 2004
10. With C. Wiethoff. Trust and Teams. Indiana State Library. Indianapolis,
Indiana. June 2004
11. Presenter, The Reference Interview in Theory and Practice. Indiana State
Library. Indianapolis, Indiana. February 2004
12. Guest lecturer on approaches to qualitative research in graduate course on
Philosophy of Inquiry in Telecommunications, Indiana University, Fall 2003
 13. Career Activities of Junior Faculty. Preparing Future Faculty Seminar. Indiana
University Department of Communication and Culture. Bloomington, Indiana.
April 2002
14. Women, Politics, and Public Address: Reading Nellie Tayloe Ross's "Progress
and the Eternal Feminine" into History. Graduate Women's Lecture Series during
Women's History Month, Indiana University, Bloomington. March 1996

Pending Decisions
1. Summer Research Fellowship, International Programs, The University of Iowa,
2007

Grant Activities
1. For Our Children: Translating and Analyzing French Sexual Health Pamphlets
for Youth. Old Gold Fellowship, The University of Iowa. 2006. Amount
received. $6000
2. Trustees’ Teaching Award. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
2005. Amount received. $2500.
3. 2004-05 Center for Teaching and Learning Instructional Technology Scholar,
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning on Instructional Technology Impact.
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Office for Professional
Development Teaching and Learning Community Award. 2004-05. Amount
received. $500.
4. Surveying the Readership of Indiana Libraries: Information for Editorial
Decision-Making. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Office for
Professional Development General Grant-in-Aid. January 2004. Amount
received. $1600 grant.

Students Supervised
♣ External member, Ph.D. committee for Jessica DeSpain, “Steaming Across the
Pond with a Font of Type: Printing, Travel, and Transatlantic Literary Culture,”
The University of Iowa, Department of English/Center for the Book, 2006-
♣ Member, Ph.D. advisory committee for Carol Tilley, “’Comic books are
with us—for how long we do not know’: A History of the Intersection of
Comic Books and Youth Services Librarianship,” Indiana University
School of Library & Information Science 2005-2006
♣ Independent Study Director for Elizabeth Hull, research on contemporary
issues in the young adult novel, Indiana University Purdue University
Indianapolis, Fall 2004

Service to the University/Department

• Evaluating Research Sources for Writing About Policy, T321, Department of
Telecommunications, Indiana University, January 2007
• Welcome address, Festival of the Book for Young People, School of Library and
Information Science, The University of Iowa, October 2006
 • Recruiting and preparation of student presenters for the Festival of the Book for
Young People, School of Library and Information Science, The University of
Iowa, October 2006
• SLIS Faculty Representative, Graduate College Open House, Fall 2006
• Guest on Talk of Iowa radio program on banned books, WSUI, September 2006
• Search and screen, 2005-06, 2006-07
• Committee revising the core course on Cultural Foundations of the Profession,
School of Library and Information Science, The University of Iowa, 2005
• M.A. student portfolio committees, School of Library and Information Science,
The University of Iowa, 2005-
• MLS Program Recruiting Presentation, Senior Capstone Course in the
Department of English, IUPUI, Spring 2005
• Committee establishing the joint master’s degree in library science and health
informatics, SLIS, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 2004-2005
• External Affairs Coordinating Council, Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis, 2004-2005
• Curriculum Steering Committee, School of Library and Information Science,
Indiana University, 2003-2005
• Curriculum Committee Report to the American Library Association/Committee
on Accreditation Report, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana
University, 2003-2004
• SLIS Faculty Representative, IUPUI Community Open House, 2003
• Research Sources for Writing About Media Policy, T207, Department of
Telecommunications, Indiana University, Summer 2003

Service to the Profession

♣ Youth Matters columnist, American Libraries magazine, January 2007 --
♣ Reviewer, American Journalism History Association-Association for Education in
Journalism and Mass Communication History Division Annual Conference, 2006
♣ Book Reviewer, Library Journal, 2002-
♣ Contributor to The Whole Library Handbook, 4th edition (American Library
Association Editions, 2006)
♣ Report on the Library History Research Seminar, Library History Round Table
Newsletter, Fall 2005.
♣ Publications Committee, Indiana Library Federation, 2003 – 2005
♣ Editor, Indiana Libraries, Indiana Library Federation, 2003 – 2005
♣ Health Content Advisor, Reproductive Health Encyclopedia, Thomson Gale, 2004
♣ Resume Reviewer, Resume Round Robin, Indiana Special Library Association,
Spring 2003
♣ Grassroots Report columnist, American Libraries. January 2003 – December
2006
♣ Indiana Leadership Institute Development Team, Indiana Cooperative Library
Services Authority, 2002-2003
♣ Editorial Board, Women's Studies in Communication, Organization for Women in
Communication, 2003 –
♣ Manuscript Review, School Library Media Research, American Library
Association, 2002-
♣ Contributing Writer, Library Journal, 2002
♣ Contributing Writer, American Libraries magazine, 2001-
♣ Resume Reviewer, New Members Roundtable, American Library Association
Mid-Winter Meeting, January 2001
♣ Capitol Choices (Regional Youth Reader’s Advisory Group), Contributing
Member, Arlington, Virginia, 2000-2001
♣ Consultant, The Bottom Line, Emerald Publications, 2000
♣ Manuscript Review, Sage Publications, 1998
♣ Contributing Bibliographer, CCCC Annual Bibliography, 1997-1998