Contact Information

Our Libraries Research and Instructional Services personnel are available to help you with your research needs.
Email us at ris_dept@memphis.edu.

FACULTY

Bess Robinson
Head, Research & Instructional Services

Librarian, Associate Professor

Phone: 901.678.8214

Email: merobnsn@memphis.edu

Office: McWherter Library, Room 124
Liaison Areas: Biological Sciences, College of Professional & Liberal Studies (all programs), Mathematical Sciences

Carl Hess
Undergraduate Success Librarian
Librarian, Assistant Professor
Phone: 901.678.8209
Email: Carl.Hess@memphis.edu
Office: McWherter Library, Room 118
Liaison Areas: ROTC, World Languages & Literature

Vacant

Graduate Student Outreach Librarian

Librarian, Assistant Professor
Phone: 901.678.8206
Email:
Office: McWherter Library, Room 119

Jessica McClure
Virtual Instruction Librarian
Librarian, Assistant Professor
Phone: 901.678.4484
Email: jmcclre3@memphis.edu
Office: McWherter Library, Room 122
Liaison Areas: Journalism, Philosophy, Sociology

Ashley Roach-Freiman
Library Instruction Curriculum Coordinator
Librarian, Assistant Professor
Phone: 901.678.8213
Email: amroach@memphis.edu
Office: McWherter Library, Room 120
Liaison Areas: City and Regional Planning, English, Political Science

STAFF

Denetria Taylor
Student Services Supervisor, Library Assistant III
Phone: 901.678.2280
Email: Denetria.Taylor@memphis.edu

Office: McWherter Library, Room 117
Areas of Responsibility: Hiring, training, & supervising User Assistance & RAD (Research Assistance Desk) student workers; managing day-to-day operations of User Assistance offices

Barbara Thomas

Instructional Services Assistant, Library Assistant III

Email: brthomas@memphis.edu

Areas of Responsibility: Library Instruction scheduling & coordination; Instruction statistics & data management; reference, research & information public service; remote and in-person public service scheduling; Instruction space management; website & digital resource maintenance