Building an Information Literacy
Micro-Course Series in 6 Weeks

Speaker Bio(s):

Lorin Flores currently serves as the Instructional Services Librarian at Texas A & M - Corpus Christi. Her previous experiences include nearly twenty years working as an academic instruction librarian in various roles and also working as an adult services librarian in an urban public library setting. Her professional areas of interest include educational technology, information literacy, critical librarianship, and social justice pedagogy. 

As the I-Know Instructional Design Librarian, Emily Sartorius provides support to faculty, staff, and students to integrate digital information literacy into the undergraduate curriculum at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi through the campus-wide I-Know Program. Emily received her Masters of Science in Information from the University of Michigan, and her BA in teaching and German from Grand Valley State University. She is interested in all things teaching and learning, assessment, and mentorship.

Patricia Hernandez (she, her, ella), is the Student Success and Diversity Librarian for Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s Mary and Jeff Bell Library. A few months shy of five (5) years as an academic librarian, she is heavily engaged in all efforts related to enhancing student support services in and out of the classroom. With a big interest in connecting with students and sharing information and digital literacy tips in an engaging manner, she is always on the look out for new and innovative pedagogical approaches. Additionally, she has a long-standing role in conversations of diversity and cultural representation on campus; and enjoys engaging in conversations with students conducting research on social justice, cultural consciousness, and other diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) topics. Patricia, or Trisha, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Criminal Justice from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and a Master’s in Library Science from Texas Woman’s University.