Publication

PUBLICATIONS

Kumasi, K. & Brock, A. (2022). The Global Drumbeat: Permeations of Hip Hop Across Diverse Information Worlds. International Journal for Information, Diversity & Inclusion, 6 (1/2), 1 -10.

https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijidi/article/view/38230/29419

Kumasi, K. (2021). Getting InFLOmation: A Critical Race Theory Tale from the School Library. In (Ed.) Leung,S. & López-Mcknight, J. Knowledge Justice: Disrupting library and information studies through Critical Race Theory (pp.299-315) Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11969.001.0001

Kumasi, K. & Marchesano, G. (2021). Adulting 201: Michigan teachers transitioning to school librarianship. School Library Connection, 20-22.

https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/163/

Kumasi, K.D., Jimes, C. Godwin, A. E., Petrides, L.A., & Karaglani, A.(2020). A preliminary study interrogating the cataloging and classification schemes of a K-12 book discovery platform through a critical race theory lens. Open Information Science, 4(1), 106-121.

DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/opis-2020-009.

Kumasi, K. & Hill, R. (2020). What Does Cultural Competence Mean to Preservice School Librarians? A Critical Discourse Analysis. In Mardis, M. & Oberg, D. (Eds) Social Justice and Cultural Competency: Essential Readings for School Librarians. Libraries Unlimited: CA,

https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/161/

Charbonneau, D.H., Walster, D., and Kumasi, K.D. (2019). Search strategies for finding reports of research: How academic librarians can support student success. Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML), 6(2), 283-287.

https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/157/

Power-Carter, S., Zakeri, B. & Kumasi, K. (2019). Theorizing and Languaging Blackness: Using the African Philosophy of Ubuntu and the Concept of Sawubona. In Beach, R., & Bloome, D. (Eds.) Languaging Relations for Transforming the Literacy and Language Arts Classroom(pp.195-215). Routledge: New York.

Kumasi, K. (2018). INFLO-mation: A Model for Exploring Information Behavior through Hip Hop. Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, 9(1). https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/164/

Kumasi, K. (2017). Teaching about Race in Cyberspace: Lessons from the “Virtual Privilege Walk” Exercise. In Cooke, N. & Sweeney, M. (Eds). Teaching for Justice: Implementing Social Justice in the LIS Classroom. Library Juice Press. https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/150/

Kumasi, K. & Hughes-Hassell, S. (2017). Shifting Lenses on Youth Literacy and Identity. Knowledge Quest, 45 (3), 12-21.

Kumasi, K. & Hughes-Hassell, S. (2017). Their Eyes are Watching Us: Serving Racialized Youth in an Era of Protest. Knowledge Quest, 45 (3), 6-8.

Kumasi, K. D., & Manlove, N. L. (2015). Finding "Diversity Levers" in the Core Library and Information Science Curriculum: A Social Justice Imperative. Library Trends, 64 (2), 415-443. https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/143/

Kumasi, K. (2015). A Liminal Space: Navigating K12 Schools and the Academy as a Parent. In Theoharis & Dotger, S. (Eds). In On the High Wire: Professors Walk Between Work and Home. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Kumasi, K. (2014). Connected learning: Linking academics, popular culture, and digital literacy in a young urban scholars book club. Teacher Librarian, 41 (3), 8-15. https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/114/

Braun, L., Hartman, M., Hughes-Hassell, S., & Kumasi, K. (2014). The Future of Library Services for and with Teens: a

Call to Action. A report of the Young Adult Library ServicesAssociation. http://www.ala.org/yaforum/project-report

Kumasi, K.D., Charbonneau, D.H., Walster, D. (2013). Theory talk in the library science scholarly literature: An exploratory analysis, Library & Information Science Research, 35 (3), 175-18. https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/149/

Kumasi, K. & Hill, R.F. (2013). Examining the hidden ideologies within cultural competence discourses

among library and information science students: Implications for school library pedagogy. School Libraries Worldwide,19 (1), 128-139.

https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/94/

Kumasi, K. (2013). “The Library is Like Her House”: Reimagining youth of color in LIS discourses. In Bernier, A. (Ed) Transforming Young Adult Services: A reader for our age (pp.103-113). Chicago, Il: Neal Schuman.https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/94/

Kumasi, K. (2012).Roses in the concrete. A critical race perspective on urban youth and libraries.Knowledge Quest, 40(5), pp. 32-37.

https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/71/

Franklin Hill, R. & Kumasi, K. (2012). Bridging the gaps: Measuring cultural competence among future school library and youth services professionals [electronic resource]. School Library Research, 14, 16 pp print. https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/70/

Kumasi, K. (2012).Double consciousness:The context and consequences of Black identity in the Obama Era. In Thomas, E.E. &

Tatum S.R. (Eds.).Reading African American Experiences in the Obama era: Theory, advocacy, and action (pp 51-67) New York: Peter Lang; Black Studies and Critical Thinking Imprint.

Hughes, Hassell, S., Kumasi, K. Rawson, C. Hitson, A.(2012). Building a bridge to literacy for African American male youth: A call to action for the library community. [Federal Grant Report ] Retrieved from http://sils.unc.edu/ sites/default/files/news/ Sandra%20hughes- hassel%20projectFinal.pdf (pdf)

Kumasi, K. & Franklin Hill, R. (2011). Are we there yet? Results of a gap analysis to measure LIS students' prior knowledge and actual learning of cultural competence concepts. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 52(4). 251-264. https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/61/

Kumasi, K. (2011). The impact of libraries on young adults: Toward a critical research agenda [electronic resource].

The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, 2 (1) https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/69/

Kumasi, K. (2011). Critical race theory and education: Mapping a legacy of scholarship and activism. In Levinson, B. A.U. (Ed). Beyond Critique: Critical Social Theories and Education (pp 196- 219). Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/40/

Carter, S. & Kumasi, K. (2011). Double Reading: Young Black Scholars Responding to Whiteness in a Community Literacy Program. In Kinloch,V. (Ed). Urban Literacies: Critical Perspectives on Language, Learning, and Community (pp 72- 90). New York: Teacher’s College Press.

Kumasi, K. (2010). Cultural inquiry: A framework for engaging youth of color in the library [electronic resource]. The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, 1(1). 8 pp print https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/2/

Kumasi, K. (2010). Urban public school libraries and educational reform: The case of the Detroit Public Schools [electronic resource].

Urban Library Journal,16 (1). 15pp print https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/slisfrp/3/