After seven months on the campaign trail as a candidate, I almost have to remind myself who I am professionally now that I am shifting back to normal life. In some ways, leaving the campaign trail is not that dissimilar to coming back to work after maternity leave. Having a baby and being a candidate are both so all-encompassing and life-changing that you almost have to look back to remember who you were prior and check in with yourself to see if that's who you still are or want to be. Additionally, I've met literally hundreds of people over the past seven months who never knew Rebekah prior to being a candidate so a proper introduction feels in order.
Which brings us back to our original question: Who am I professionally? I'm a digital humanities librarian at the University of Utah running a program called Digital Matters. Former President of the Utah Library Association and former Utah State Library Board Chair. Co-Founder of Let Utah Read and Advocacy Co-Chair of the Utah Library Association. Keynote speaker on empathetic, curiosity-led leadership, boundaries, and saying "yes" and "no" with intention. I research misinformation and censorship in an age of AI and just received an NEH grant to run a 2025 Summer Institute on Humanities Perspectives in AI for higher education faculty.
Here are some select projects and talks that I have been most passionate about over the past few years:
Keynote Talks:
Selecting Your Yes with Intention (Boundaries, Intentionality)
Other Podcasts/Media:
- Libraries Lead Podcast
- Southern Utah University Radio with Brian King
- Utah Stories Book Ban Battle Brewing in Utah
- Voices in Education Podcast
Projects:
Program Director for the Summer Digital Literacy Workshops for K-12 teachers.
Tanner Humanities Gateway to Learning Workshops - Teaching Challenging Topics in the Classroom and Teaching English Language Arts in the Age of ChatGPT
NEH Grant - Humanities Perspectives on AI
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