Dawn Betts-Green

Dawn Betts-Green is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Information at Florida State University (FSU), part of the College of Communication & Information. She holds a Doctorate in Library and Information Studies from FSU (2019) with a focus on LGBTQ resources in small rural libraries. Her research emphasizes LGBTQ youth information needs, social justice librarianship, and rural Southern U.S. library practices.

• Primary affiliation: Florida State University
• Adjunct roles: University of Illinois, Old Dominion University, Valdosta State

Education: Triple Bachelor of Arts (Women's Studies, Religion, Creative Writing) from FSU (2011), MS in Library and Information Studies (2014) with Youth Services Certificate (2013), and PhD in LIS (2019).

Research interests include:

• LGBTQ young adult literature
• Rural library diversity
• Intellectual freedom issues
• Graphic novels in librarianship
• First-generation academic experiences

Publications span topics like LGBTQ collection development, queer graphic novels, and LIS program diversity. Recent work addresses transgender health information equity and rural library resource challenges.

Awards include Point Foundation LGBTQ Scholar (2016-2019), iSchool awards for teaching and research, and recognition for undergraduate research (2009).

Teaching specialties:

• Children's/YA literature
• Collection development
• Information ethics
• LGBTQIA+ library issues

Grants include Esther Maglathin Doctoral Research scholarships and the Lewis-Marxsen Fellowship.