Passive-Aggressive Communication is one of the main causes and manifestions of dysfunctional workplaces. Harmed employees note that one of their main areas of worry and rumination is trying to strategize responses to sarcastic statements, barbs, and other forms of ambivalently harmful communication. The following titles share strategies that may support, cultivate, or model clear communication […]
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As a graduate of the 2008 Minnesota Institute for Early Career Librarians (MIECL), I am excited to share that I’ll be returning to co-lead the 2026 Institute with Pamela Espinosa de los Monteros, and with support from past co-lead faculty Ione T. Damasco. Scheduled for July 12 – 15, 2026, MIECL is an intensive four-day leadership
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Renewals continues to refine efforts to create community and share practices that interrupt and reduce workplace harm. To that end, I’m vibrating with excitement to announce the next Reset Experience! Tentatively slated for early 2026, the two-hour community-centered event will offer dedicated time for attendees to explore strategies to confront and/or recover from workplace harm.
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Just last week I offered a keynote at the 2025 Library Marketing and Communications Conference (LMCC 2025). While it took place in-person in St. Louis, Missouri, just steps from the Gateway Arch, late-breaking Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flight reductions connected to the Federal goverment shutdown (along with unexpected caregiving duties) interrupted my planned trip to
In January 2026, I’m scheduled to teach my original course, “Critical Hope & Self-Preservation in Contemporary Librarianship” (LIS 805) for Dominican University’s School of Information Studies (DU SOIS). The fully asynchronous 8-week course offers currently enrolled DU SOIS students an opportunity to earn 3 graduate credit hours. During the two-month intensive course, students will explore