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Peace Ossom is a Lecturer at the San José State University School of Information and Director of Research Data Services at MIT Libraries. She holds adjunct faculty status at the University of Texas at Arlington in the Department of Kinesiology, where she contributes to public health education. Her career spans leadership in national data initiatives, including roles at the NNLM National Center for Data Services and UTA Libraries.
Her educational background includes an M.S. in Health Studies and an M.L.S. in Library Science from Texas Woman's University, and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Ossom’s research centers on information literacy, data services in libraries, information behaviors of specific populations, information visualization, and scholarly communication. She is particularly interested in the intersection of libraries and public health, and has contributed to American Heart Association guidelines through advanced search strategies. Her work emphasizes equity, as seen in her scholarship on combating anti-Blackness in libraries and analyzing disparities in public health data reporting during the pandemic.
Her recent publications reflect a strong trend in data literacy education, open science, and critical perspectives in librarianship. She has contributed to the ACRL Data Literacy Cookbook and is involved in innovative pedagogical projects such as open data hackathons and software carpentry for librarians.
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Peace Ossom has advised and collaborated on multiple research projects, particularly in data services and health informatics. While no formal advisees are listed, her leadership roles at UTA and MIT involve mentoring and team management. She has been involved in grant-funded initiatives such as the NNLM Evaluation Center and advisory roles in national collaborations.
She has led or co-managed key institutional units including the UTA FabLab and the Research Data Services unit at UTA Libraries. Currently, she directs research data services at MIT Libraries, indicating leadership in a major academic research support team.
