She holds a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science and MLIS from The University of Western Ontario (Canada). Her research interests home in on the theme of engagement through investigations of pleasure reading activities and readers’ advisory, contemporary print culture, and LIS education. Recent topics of investigation include social and solitary pleasure reading for lesbian and queer female readers; communication and informational ties between readers and authors; and the changing nature of publishing in contemporary times, including self-publishing studies and user-generated content for reading culture.