Publications & Presentations
Publications & Presentations
Publications
St. Jean, B., Liu, B. F., Raymond, K., Shi, D., Hodge, T., Downey, M. L., Behre, J., & Miller, J. N. (under review). “I post because I’ve been down this road for so freaking long… I have a lot to offer!”: Reading and sharing of personal narratives among COVID long-haulers. Research paper to be presented at the ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting, Crystal City, VA, November 14-18, 2025.
Downey, M. L. (Under review). “I’ll always cross-check claims”: The long-COVID information practices of library professionals.
Liu, B. F., Shi, D., St. Jean, B., Behre, J., & Downey, M. L. (2025). Theorizing forgotten crisis publics: COVID long haulers’ information marginalization. Public Relations Review, 51(2), 102556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2025.102556
Downey, M. L., St. Jean, B., Behre, J., Raymond, K., Liu, B. F., & Shi, D. (2024). “We don’t have a lot of answers”: An investigation of COVID long-haulers’ information needs & practices. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 61(1), 899-901. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.1133
Downey, M. L. (2021). Lessons in practical macromanaging: Dr. Jeffrey Reznick's perspectives on leadership and public service. In T. Owens & A. Wong (Eds.), Collaboration, empathy & change: Perspectives on leadership in libraries and archives in 2020 (pp. 113-125). SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/3gnds
Conference Presentations
Downey, M. L., St. Jean, B., Behre, J., Raymond, K., Liu, B. F., & Shi, D. (2024, October 25-29). “We don’t have a lot of answers”: An investigation of COVID long-haulers’ information needs & practices [Poster session]. Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Calgary, AL, Canada.
Poster: [link to PDF]
St. Jean, B., Raymond, K., Downey, M. L., Hodge, T., Behre, J., Liu, B. F., Shi, D., & Miller, J. N. (2024, 4 October). “Trust your gut and be tenacious with your information”: Information needs and information avoidance among COVID long-haulers [Conference presentation]. Association of Information Science and Technology Annual SIG-USE Research Symposium, Virtual.
Guest Lecture Presentations
Downey, M. L. (2024, November 4). Research ethics [Guest lecture]. INST 451, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland, USA.
Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QGJnEDwi88LOCb_R6wf_fKb-cHw-K6_BkGpntPL7xuo/edit?usp=sharing
Downey, M. L. (2024, October 24). Research ethics [Guest lecture]. INST 232C, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland, USA.
Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QGJnEDwi88LOCb_R6wf_fKb-cHw-K6_BkGpntPL7xuo/edit?usp=sharing
Downey, M. L. (2023, October 10). Information experiences of people affected by lupus & multiple sclerosis [Guest lecture]. INST 232C, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland, USA.
Downey, M. L. (2024, September 9). Information experiences of people affected by lupus & multiple sclerosis [Guest lecture]. INST 451, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland, USA.
Downey, M. L. (2023, September 18). Information experiences of people affected by lupus & multiple sclerosis [Guest lecture]. INST 451, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland, USA.
Reviewing Activities
Manuscript/abstract reviewer for:
Including Disability Global Summit
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology