Author bios are based on date of submission of final chapters and may not represent author current professional roles, pronouns, or names. Authors are welcome to share changes, and in those instances, the bios below may be different than those published in the print edition of Grabbing Tea.

Liam Adler is the Director of Library Services at Metropolitan College of New York. They are the co-editor of Reference Librarian- ship and Justice: History, Praxis and Practice and are currently working on a book about libraries, social movements, and radical education during the War on Poverty. Liam lives in Queens with their daughter. Liam has a couple of graduate degrees from City University of New York, CUNY.

Hunter Albini is a Library Information Assistant at Harlem Library, part of the New York Public Library system. He primarily works with the young adult patrons of his branch. He has a BA in Urban Ecology from Hofstra University and is currently getting his Masters in Library Science from St. John’s University. His aim is to become a Young Adult Librarian. He currently lives in Manhattan.

Bailey Anderson grew up in Iowa and is currently the Library Director at the Black Earth Public Library in Black Earth, Wiscon- sin. She earned her MLIS from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2020 with a concentration in Public Librarianship and Adult Services and Administration. She currently lives in Madison, WI, with her partner Nick, their adopted twelve-year-old Shiba Inu, Emi, and their fourteen plants.

Jill Anderson works in prison, jail, and reentry outreach for Queens Public Library and as a customer service specialist for Omaha Public Library. She likes talking about emotional labor, nonmonogamy, and libraries as a public space.

Jeanie Austin earned their PhD in Library and Information Sci- ence from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Their research interests and activities include the provision of library services to people in juvenile detentions, jails, and prisons. They primarily examine the complex political and social systems that surround this work. Jeanie has provided LIS services to youth and adults who are incarcerated for over a decade and has published on this topic in several venues, including: First Monday, International Journal of Information, Diversity & Inclusion (IJIDI), and Libraries: Culture, History, and Society.

Drew Balduff currently serves as the Electronic Resources Librar- ian at the University of Findlay in Ohio. He’s also the subject librarian for arts, humanities, and social sciences. In his free time, Drew loves to cook or bake, attend concerts, read memoirs, and explore US National Parks. He lives with his cat, Petey.

Sam Buechler MLIS (they/them) is the Student Success Faculty Resident Librarian at Washington State University, Vancouver. They hold an MLIS from the University of Wash- ington and a B.A. in Women’s and Sexuality Studies from the University of Montana. Sam’s research agenda is informed by their work experiences and their membership in the Library Freedom Project. Specifically, they center privacy advocacy and anti-surveillance, queer theory at the intersection of librarianship, and practical applications of critical information literacy.

Alex Byrne is a Youth Services Librarian with the Pierce County Library System. When not questing for the perfect piece of mate- rial or joyfully practicing gross motor skills in story time, they are looking for good ideas on how to better serve all their communi-ties. They are most consistently found on Twitter @HeofHIShirts.

Felene M. Cayetano is a Belizean, Garifuna, librarian and story- teller. Felene has published two collections of poetry and publishedan anthology of short fiction by Belizean authors. Some of her poems and short stories have also been published in Caribbean and Latin American literary journals. She is currently Acting Principal Librarian of Belize National Library Service and Information System, a founding member of the Belizean Writers Guild, and serves on the boards of directors of the Belize Book Industry Association (BBIA) and the Wagiya Foundation. Her photographs have been exhibited in Belize and are now available as NFTs. She wrote and directed Afieni (Faith), a narrative short film in Garifuna with expected completion in 2022. Sides, her first completed short film, premiered in Guatemala in March, 2022.

Scott Clonan worked at the Las Vegas Clark County Library Dis- trict since 2006. He started as a part-time assistant and for the pastfive years has been the branch manager of the Sunrise Branch. He is currently a member of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Committee.

Nae D’Archangel works in the Richmond Public Library system in Richmond, Virginia. Currently they are effectively acting as the teen librarian in their branch. They are on the YAVA (Young Adult Virginia Author) Committee and are one of several Bookologists in their system. They have been a part of libraries in one capacity or another for the better part of two decades.

Shannon Devlin is currently working as an Independent A/V archivist for Scene Savers in Covington, KY. They earned their MLS from Indiana University in 2019 with a concentration in Archives and Records Management. They are currently living in Covington, KY with their parents, brother, cat Yuri, and their brother’s cat Mischief.

Hebah Emara is a librarian based in a public library in NJ. Hebah completed her MLIS in August 2020 and is inter- ested in the interactions between technology and libraries. Hebah is also interested in the history of public libraries and how it has shaped access (or lack of access) to date.

Carol Fisher MLIS (she/her) is a Collections and Technical Services Librarian at Washington State University, Vancouver. She holds an MLIS from University of Washington, and a B.S. in Psychology from Penn State University. Carol has a variety of interests in library and information science, but her current research agenda involves making library instruction and collections more equitable and inclusive by prioritizing social justice frameworks, queer theory and critical pedagogy.

Becca Greenstein is a queer cis white woman who works as a science librarian in Chicago. She strives to create inclusive learning environments, both in the classroom and when working with students and faculty one-on-one. Outside of work, she enjoys hiking, spoiling her cat Helix, doing crossword puzzles, stress baking, and volunteer- ing with Chicago Books to Women in Prison and Lakeview Pantry.

Henry Handley (he/him or they/them) is a collections librarian at the University of Dayton’s Marian Library, where he stewards the special collection’s books, pamphlets, and periodicals on Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Sara Harrington is the branch librarian at Eastern State Hos- pital, a forensic psychiatric facility in Medical Lake, Washington. She earned her MLIS from Louisiana State University in 2016 with a specialization in Cultural Heritage Resource Management. Originally from Southern Louisiana, she now lives in Eastern Washington with her husband Tim, and her cats, Alanis and Tasslehoff.

Lorin K. Jackson (she/they) is the Executive Director of Region 2 Regional Medical Libraries at the Medical University of South Carolina. Their research interests include critical librarianship, social justice in librarianship, prison librarianship, community archives, and zines. Find out more about Lorin and their work at lorinj.dev.

Kel R. Karpinski is a librarian and assistant professor at CUNY, NYC College of Technology. They do research focusing on queerfilms and novels from WWII to early Gay Liberation, especially as it relates to sailors and hustlers in Times Square and how these texts map queer desire onto the city. Kel is also a zine-maker and smut-peddler as well as an organizer for the NY Queer Zine Fair.

Carol Kassel has been a digital library manager at NYU for 8 years, an IT professional for twenty-seven years, a wife for nineteen years, a mom for fifteen years, a lesbian for thirty-five years, and a Jew since birth. Although she is not a librarian herself, she enjoys hang- ing out with librarians and had a great time chatting with Rachel.

Stephen G. Krueger (he/him or they/them) is the Scholarly Pub- lishing Librarian at Dartmouth College, where he manages the institutional repository, supports student publishing, and leads open access and OER initiatives. They also write and present on transgender inclusion in library work. Stephen is the founding member of the Gender Variant LIS Network and author of the book, Supporting Trans People in Libraries. Learn more at www.stephengkrueger.com.

Lorraine LaPrade (she/her) is a Black bi-queer artist-librarian. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, she ventured to New York in search of an arts community, and later fell in love with teaching empow- erment self-defense and building community through ritualized storytelling practices. Her pandemic routines include afternoon dance breaks, zoom dance parties, journaling, and reading memoir.

Ari Gofman is the Social Science Data Librarian at Tisch Library, Tufts University. Their professional work includes acting as liaison to urban planning and economics as well as providing support for social science data needs like finding & reusing data, census data, and data visualization. They regularly contribute to library projects related to queer literature for young people. Outside of work, they enjoy gardening and fermenting.

Megan Mac Gregor is the Instruction and Outreach Librar- ian at the University of Southern Maine, and a liaison for seven departments on campus. She works connecting the campus to the library’s collections. She previously worked at Penn State Wilkes-Barre where she was the first Outreach and Engagement Librarian.While at PSU she was a member of the Commission on LGBTQ+ Equality and won an OUTstanding Service Award from the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity.

Lillian Dægny Maisfehlt is a transgender woman, Reference & Instruction Librarian, and Information Literacy Coordinator at Gateway Community College in New Haven, Connecticut. She is “that tall library lady,” with a special fondness for misfits andcontrarians. Lillian is a mixed-media artist, electric bassist, vintage paperback aficionado, and portable typewriter collector. She lives in Connecticut with her wife, four children, and five cats, and treasures every weekend she gets to spend with her girlfriend in Massachusetts.

Maria Mejia (she/her) is a librarian and historian from New York City. She holds an MS in Library and Information Science from Long Island University, an MA in History from New York University, and a BA in History from Swarthmore College. Her research interests include digital history, reproductive justice, welfare rights, Black feminist epistemology, and the African diaspora in Latin America.

Danielle Nista (she/her) is a Reference Associate at New York University Special Collections. She has a Master of Arts in Archives from New York University, an MS in Library and Information Science from Long Island University, and a BA in History and French from Boston College. In addition to her work in profes- sional organizations, Danielle is also an active participant in the queer, Catholic community in both her parish and the tristate area.

Andi Johnson (they/them) has an MLS from Queen’s Col- lege and an MA in Dance Philosophy and History from Roehampton University. Their work focuses on the intersec- tions of dance, data, and technology, particularly in archival settings. Andi has held a variety of positions in library settings for the past ten years and plans to continue pursuing their work in libraries as a dance and performance specialist.

Lou Marie Judge (she/her): Besides working in public libraries, Lou has also been a research assistant at Harvard, an adjunct lecturer at Keene State College, a teacher, an audio-visual archivist, and has spent time on the lecture circuit in Hungary. She loves horses, gardening, cooking vegan food, skateboarding, and hang- ing out with her dog. She mostly reads literary fiction, memoir, and essay collections.

Krista McCracken (they/them) is an award-winning public historian and archivist. They work as a Researcher/Curator at AlgomaUniversity’s Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre. Krista’s research focuses on community archives, Residential Schools, access, and outreach. Learn more at www.kristamccracken.ca.

Laura Nemeth (they/them) is a queer Puerto Rican Web Devel- oper based in New York City. They completed their Bachelor’s degree at the University of Puerto Rico, and their MLIS at the University of Dublin. Nemeth’s interests lie in the intersection of Technology, Accessibility, and Libraries. Nemeth currently works at the Division of Libraries at NYU, and is a proud coding bootcamp graduate.

Matt Rohweder (he/him) is a liaison librarian for business and economics faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Outside of his liaison duties, he works on accessibility, diversity, and online learning initiatives. He also plans and organizes various conferences across Ontario.

Rebecca Segal has been in libraries and library spaces for the past fifteen years. Specializing in middle and high school work, shestrives to bring good books, fun programming, and support to all members of the school community. She lives in New York City with her husband, dog, and a lot of video games she has yet to finish.

Sam Sermeno (they/she/prince) is a Salvadoran and Korean queer femme brujx activist from Seattle living on Tongva land in L.A. Collaborating with BIPOC, queer-trans, dis/abled learners and radical dreamers, whether in libraries, archives, grassroots activist or community art spaces, brings the most joy. Their fav COVID pastimes include moto-scootering, continuous mutual aid efforts, making plant medicine, speculative fiction audiobooks, and dancing to techno.

Karl G. Siewert is an academic librarian in Oklahoma, working primarily in the areas of education, psychology, and counseling.They believe fiercely in the power of asking questions and have a mission to make the world less afraid of libraries and librarians.They prefer fine motor skills and can often be found wield- ing pens, needles, hooks, yarn, and thread. On Instagram, view their outfits @yoyology and their drawings @withak_designs.

Teresa Slobuski (she/they) is the Head Librarian for Penn State Brandywine’s Vairo Library. Their research interests include feminist analysis of leadership, LGBTQIA+ collections, and gaming in libraries. In her free time, Teresa dotes on their three cats and one or more foster cats, builds custom mechanical keyboards, and watches what some may consider too much anime.

kynita stringer-stanback is an Information Activist.

Rachel Wexelbaum has worked as a librarian, educator, and writer/researcher/editor. She earned her Master’s in Library andInformation Science from San Jose State University in 2004 and is working on her Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from Saint Cloud State University. Rachel is now the Education Director of the St Cloud Correctional Facility in the Minnesota Department of Corrections, where she also oversees the provision of library resources and services.

Zeb Wimsatt (they/them): Zeb works as a children’s librarian in Massachusetts. They hold an MLIS from Simmons University and an MFA from Brown University, where they studied experimental writing. Zeb enjoys noise music and country and western, cuttingpaper, and reading science fiction; they think about flowers, houses, and horses. They live in Providence, RI with their dear partner and a bad little dog named Pigeon-bird-of-my-heart.

Megan Wolff is a bisexual cis white woman who works as a teen librarian in South Carolina. She is passionate about making her teen library space welcoming to all, especially queer teens and tweens. When not at work, she enjoys making terrible puns, trying to chip away at her giant to-read list, practicing her guitar, and spending too much time on Twitter.