Curriculum Vitae

Elizabeth D. Headrick

CURRICULUM VITAE 

EDUCATION
PhD, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, Rhetoric,  2019-2024
–Dissertation: Anxiety in the Archives: A Podcast Dissertation about Knowledge Control and Dissemination in Academia, directed by Gretchen Busl
MLS, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, Library and Information Studies, 2018
BGS, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, English/History/Women’s Studies, 2016
AA, North Central Texas College, Corinth, TX, 2015

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Steampunk literature, Victorian literature, long nineteenth century, witchcraft in literature and history, colonial and post-colonial theory, gender studies, lgbtq studies, digital rhetorics, digital humanities, archival theory, library science, open access, open educational resources

RESEARCH SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
“Podcasting for Faculty and Staff: Storytelling for a Modern Audience,” National Humanities Center Summer Podcasting Institute, The Digital Humanities Center at San Diego State University Library, 10-14 June, 2024

DIGITAL HUMANITIES PROJECTS
Moments of Inscription: The Lives of Women Through Their Letters, directed by Dr. Ashley Bender. During the spring 2019 semester, students from Texas Woman’s University Bibliography and Research Methods graduate class selected and digitized personal writings and photographs from collections in TWU’s Special Collections and University Archives. Using these personal documents, Moments of Inscription reconstructs forgotten narratives, evoking the original context of their authors and subjects.

SELECTED CONFERENCES, PAPERS, AND PRESENTATIONS
“Learning by Doing: Interdepartmental Collaborations to Support Experiential Student Learning” Kristin Clark, Elizabeth Headrick, & Ashley Bender, presented at Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL), Austin, TX (May 2023)

“The Invisible Impossibilities of Genevieve Cogman’s The Invisible Library Series” presented at the International Conference on Narrative, Dallas, TX (March 2023)

“Just in Time: New Directions for the Dissertation Update” conference panel at the MLA 2023 convention, online (January 2023)

“Let’s Put On A Show! Creating An Interdisciplinary Student Journal” presented at Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, online (July 2021)

“Nothing Ruins War Like the Rising of the Dead: Examining Racism and Reconstruction in Justine Ireland’s Dread Nation” presented at the International Conference on Narrative 2021, online (May 2021)

“Project INDEX: 2020” Poster Presentation at Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL), Austin, TX (May 2020–Cancelled)

“Rotters, Doornails, and Yellow Sap: Examining the Shambling Specter of Capitalism in Cherie Priest’s Boneshaker” presented at the 41st Annual Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA) Conference, Albuquerque, NM (February 2020)

“Developing Edge Librarianship: Digital Services Graduate Research Assistants at TWU” presented at Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, Denton, TX (August 2019)

“Airships Over The Horizon: Imperialism, Globalization and Technology in Michael Moorcock’s Warlord of the Air” presented at Going Global: Steampunk and Transnational Cultures, Lincoln, UK (August 2018)

PRINT PUBLICATIONS
“Slippers, Snuff Boxes, and Slaves: What the Things Left Behind Say About Those Living in the Colonial Era.” Ibid.: A Student History Journal, vol. 10, 2017.

AUDIO PUBLICATIONS
Host, writer, producer. Anxiety in the Archives: A Podcast Dissertation. 2022-2024.

Co-Host, Texas Steampunk Connection. 2021-Present.

Host, writer, producer. Steampunk Dollhouse Podcast. 2017-Present.

Guest. “Episode 5.” Texas Steampunk Connection BEYOND! 27 March 2021.

Guest. “Episode 14.” Texas Steampunk Connection Reboot. 2 December 2020.

Guest. “#15: Steampunk With Podcast Host and Producer Elizabeth Headrick aka Bluestocking.” Storypunks Podcast. 22 March 2018.

Guest. “Season 2 Episode 20.” Texas Steampunk Connection. 19 December 2017.

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Digital Scholarship Librarian, Texas Woman’s University Libraries, Denton, TX, 2024-Present
Digital Strategies & Innovation Specialist, Texas Woman’s University Libraries, Denton, TX, 2022-2024
Graduate Research Assistant, Digital Services, Texas Woman’s University Libraries, Denton, TX, Denton, TX, 2018-2022
Graduate Research Assistant, Reference Services, Texas Woman’s University Libraries, Denton, TX, Denton, TX, 2017-2018

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Texas Digital Library TCDL Awards Committee, 2024-2025
Texas Digital Library TCDL Planning Committee, 2024-2025
Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Planning Committee, 2022
Texas Digital Library TCDL Awards Committee, 2020-2021
Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Planning Committee, 2021
Texas Digital Library TCDL Awards Committee, 2019-2020
Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Planning Committee, 2020
Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Planning Committee, 2019

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY
TWU AI and Learning Subcommittee, 2024-2025
TWU Intellectual Property Committee, 2024-2025
Texas Woman’s University Student Journal, 2021-Present

SERVICE TO THE LIBRARY
TWU Libraries AI Workgroup, 2024-2025
TWU Libraries Staff Training Workgroup, 2023-2024
TWU Libraries Disability Services Workgroup, 2022-2023
TWU Innovations Workgroup, 2022-2023

UNIVERSITY MEMBERSHIPS
Beta Phi Mu International Library Honor Society
Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Texas Library Association
American Library Association
Association for Library and Information Science Education
Progressive Librarians Guild