Library faculty are also enthusiastic about mentoring SURF projects and have excellent experience with research and academic writing!
Library faculty are available year-round to assist students with project proposals!
They are also available during the SURF program to assist students with various aspects of their research!
Library and Archives Director Amanda VerMeulen (aavermeulen@smcm.edu) works with faculty librarians, professional staff, and student employees to provide library services to the SMCM community. Areas of research interest include:
Leadership and management
Copyright, licensing, and the impact on scholarly and creative endeavors
User Experience (UX) and Usability research, including:
How people interact with built environments (wayfinding, space use, etc)
How people interact with digital environments (usability, mobile design, etc)
How color and design impact interactions in built and digital environments
Skills include:
Qualitative survey design
Qualitative interview design
Usability testing design
Navigating the IRB process
Communicating findings to a broad audience
College Archivist Shane Moran (smmoran1@smcm.edu) oversees the College’s Archives to organize our records and provide access to researchers, students, faculty, and staff. Areas of research interest include:
Archival description and access
Community memory and cultural preservation
Including how ideas of culture and history are formed
American foreign policy and political history during the Cold War
Skills include:
Scholarly and historical source interpretation
Research with archival collections and records
Oral History
Historiography
Technical writing
Students are welcome to reach out to other liaison librarians, but they may not be available to serve as a SURF mentor for 2026.
Contact Library and Archives Director Amanda VerMeulen (aavermeulen@smcm.edu) for more information!