Research, Engagement, and Scholarly Communications

Chris Doty, MSIS & PhD. Subject areas: Chemistry & Physics.

Dhy Edwardsberry, MSLIS. Subject area: Business.

Jennifer Elder, MA & MLIS. Head, Sciences and Social Sciences Team. Subject areas: Biology (Interim), Education, LGBT Studies, Psychology, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, & QTM.

Melissa Hackman, MTS & PhD. Subject areas: African Studies, Development Studies (Masters in Development Practice) & Sociology.

Lori Jahnke, PhD. Subject area: Anthropology.

Kristan Majors, MSLIS. Subject areas: Assessment, Computer Science, Environmental Sciences, & Math.

Rob O'Reilly, PhD. Subject areas: Data Sets. 

Chris Palazzolo, PhD. Subject areas: Collection Management, Economics, French Literature, French Studies, Government Documents, International Documentation, Italian Studies, & Political Science.

Sciences and Social Sciences subject librarians provide the full range of subject-specific library services to academic departments and researchers in sciences and social sciences disciplines, including:

• collection management
• consultations
• instruction 
• assessment
• reference

Subject librarians maintain and expand research-level collections, act as an expert guides, provide research help at the time of need, and contribute to the programmatic and collaborative work of the Research, Engagement, and Scholarly Communications division and the library in general.

The Sciences and Social Sciences Team's goals and activities include:

• Supporting undergraduate research with instruction and consultations for students in Emory's Scholarly Inquiry and Research Experience (SIRE) Program.  
• Providing research instruction and consultations for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students. 
• Hosting library tours, orientations, and other forms of outreach to support the recruitment and onboarding of prospective and new faculty and graduate students.
• Building diverse and inclusive library collections in the sciences and social sciences.
• Offering qualitative and quantitative data support and training, systematic review support, and bibliometric services to faculty, staff, and students.
• Sciences and Social Sciences Team members collaborate closely with the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, the Goizueta Business Library, the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS), the Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture (CMBC), the Center for Women, and the Center for Faculty Development and Excellence. 

Contact Jennifer.J.Elder@emory.edu with questions and requests relating to team services.  

Team Head: Jennifer Elder

Team Members: Chris Doty, Melissa Hackman, Lori Jahnke, Kristan Majors, Chris Palazzolo

Affiliated Members: Dhy Edwardsberry, Rob O'Reilly