Kathleen Kasten-Mutkus
Kathleen Kasten-Mutkus
Adjunct
Adjunct
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Research Page
Kathleen Kasten-Mutkus
Work Title and Work Place
Work Title and Work Place
Lecturer, Stony Brook University Honors College, Stony Brook, NY 11794
Courses Being Taught Presently and/or in the Past
Courses Being Taught Presently and/or in the Past
LBSCI 717 Humanities Resources and Digital Humanities
Academic Statement & Professional Interests
Academic Statement & Professional Interests
I am a humanities librarian with a background in literature, history, and the history of the book. My research focuses on the relationship between readers, text, and the archive, with particular emphasis on the archival practices and afterlives of nineteenth-century polar expeditions. In my classes, I prioritize discussion and reflection on the ways in which libraries facilitate, mediate, and condition access to information, and the role of the librarian in helping library users to encounter information in a thoughtful, sensitive, and ethical manner.