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Ayanna Gaines (she/her/hers) is the Student Success Librarian at Woodbury University. She received her BA in English from Brown University, and her MLIS from Dominican University in River Forest, IL. In addition to her duties as they relate to marketing, outreach, DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion), and student engagement, she is also the liaison to the School of Media : Culture : Design. As a member of the Midwest Popular Culture Association, she acts as the Area Head for Print Media and Popular Culture. Her research interests have in the past spanned many areas pertaining to popular culture, but she is now focusing on the intersections between popular culture, DEI, and library issues. She has presented her work at LOEX, People of Color in Library and Information Science Summit (POCinLIS), SCELCapalooza, and MPCA. She is the author of the book chapter "That's Women's Work: Pink-Collar Professions, Gender, and the Librarian Stereotype," which appeared in the book The Librarian Stereotype: Deconstructing Perceptions and Presentations of Information Work (2014). Ayanna has two amazing sons and is owned by two cats.
