Michelle Penn

Michelle Penn serves as Assistant Teaching Professor and Head of Faculty Services at the Wise Law Library, University of Colorado Law School, a role she assumed in 2022 after prior faculty services librarian positions at University of Denver School of Law and Fordham University School of Law.

Educational background:

• JD, Washington University in St. Louis
• PhD in History, University of Colorado
• MLIS, University of Arizona

Her research integrates Legal Research, Law Librarianship, Legal History, Holocaust Studies, and Information Science, leveraging her dual expertise in law and historical scholarship developed during her research fellowship at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This interdisciplinary approach informs her work in academic law library services and legal information management.

No scientific awards are documented in the provided information.

Details regarding student advising and research grants are not specified in the available text, though her leadership in Faculty Services involves supporting faculty research and teaching initiatives.

As Head of Faculty Services, Dr. Penn oversees the Wise Law Library's operations dedicated to advancing the scholarly and instructional needs of law school faculty through specialized research support and resource development.