Brannen Varner

Graduate Student Outreach Librarian, Assistant Professor

Phone
(901) 678-8206
Fax
N/A
Office
McWherter Library, Office 119
Office Hours
By appointment

About

I help faculty, students, and our community utilize the Libraries’ vast resources and services. I love connecting people to libraries, and love cross-departmental collaborations. Please reach out to me with any ideas you might have for how the University Libraries can best serve you! In my free time, I create mosaics and jewelry.

Education

  • MSIS, University of North Texas, 2015
  • BA, Rhodes College, 2008

Work Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Graduate Student Outreach Librarian, January 2025-Present
  • Coordinator, Community Relations, UofM, July 2019-March 2020
  • Assistant Professor, Research & Instructional Services Librarian, UofM, July 2017-July 2019
  • Adjunct Librarian, Research & Instructional Services, UofM, October 2016-June 2017

Research Interests

  • Librarianship
  • User Experience
  • Digital collections
  • Art, music, film histories
  • Visual arts

Publications

  • Scott, R., & Varner, B. (2020). Exploring the Research and Library Needs of Student-Parents. College & Research Libraries, 81(4). doi: https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.81.4.598
  • Varner, B. (2017). Black Power in Bluff City. [Review of the book Black Power in the Bluff City: African American Youth and Student Activism in Memphis, 1965-1975.] Tennessee Libraries, 67(2). https://www.tnla.org/page/TL67_2_bookreviews