Nicholas J. Cummins

EDUCATION

Master of Library & Information Science
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2020-2023

Bachelor of Arts with distinction in History (major) & Religious Studies (minor)
University of Virginia, 2012-2013

Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts
Northern Virginia Community College, 2009-2011

GRANTS, AWARDS and HONORS

Ted Samore Scholarship (2022)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Dean’s List (2012-2013)
University of Virginia

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Peer Editor | September 2025 – present
The Library Writing Cooperative

CHOICE Reviewer | August 2025 – present
Choice Reviews, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)

Committee Member | 2025-2028
Faculty Librarian Promotion Review Committee

Committee Chair: Collection Development | 2024-2025
Capital Area Business Academic Librarians (CABAL)

Library Representative | 2024-2025
UVA Innovates Advisory Council

PROJECTS, EVENTS, EXHIBITS, ETC.

Graduate Student Writing Cafés
Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025

CABAL Summer Reading Series: Data Cartels: The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information by Sarah Lamdan
June-August 2025

Jewish American Heritage Month Library Blog Post (w/ C. Arton)
May 2025

Research Sprint (Raney): Project Manager
May 2025

Research Sprint (Rider): Team Member
May 2025

ABCs of the Library Exhibit: Trade Catalogs (w/ S. Evans)
Summer 2025

PUBLICATIONS

Cummins, N. (2025). Book Review: Rethinking Ernst Bloch by Henk de Berg and Cat Moir (eds). Capital & Class, 49(4), 747-749.
https://doi-org.proxy1.library.virginia.edu/10.1177/03098168251394157b.

Cummins, N. (2025). Universities as Sites of Class Conflict. The Political Librarian, 8(2), 160-169.
https://journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/article/id/9102/.

INSTRUCTION

McIntire School of Commerce

School of Education & Human Development

College & Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

PRESENTATIONS

“The Future(s) of Business Librarianship” | 14 January 2025 | Quarterly Meeting
Capital Area Business Academic Librarians (CABAL)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Writing for Publication in Scholarly or Trade Outlets| Feb. 3 – Mar. 2, 2025
Library Juice Academy

Evidence Synthesis Institute| Mar. 4 – 7, 2025
University of Minnesota, Cornell University, & Carnegie Mellon University

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