
Faculty & Staff Directory
Administration

K.T. Vaughan
Professor, The Hal F. and Barbra Buckner Higginbotham University Librarian
Leyburn M44
540-458-8589
kvaughan@wlu.edu

Wendy Rains
Office Manager
Leyburn M43
540-458-8642
wrains@wlu.edu
Access & Discovery

Elizabeth A. Teaff
Associate Professor, Associate University Librarian for Access and Discovery
Leyburn M32
540-458-8645
teaffe@wlu.edu

Laura Hewett
Access Services Supervisor
Leyburn M16
540-458-8658
hewettl@wlu.edu

Jamie Di Risio
Discovery and Electronic Resources Manager
Leyburn 110
540-458-8646
jdirisio@wlu.edu

Shana Shutler
Library Assistant, Access Services
Leyburn M19
sshutler@wlu.edu

Chloe Thomas
Cataloging and Metadata Manager
Leyburn 215B
540-458-8665
cthomas@wlu.edu

Julia White
Acquisitions Specialist
Leyburn 215C
540-458-8652
jwhite3@wlu.edu
Digital Information Management & Education

Mackenzie Brooks
Associate Professor and Digital Humanities Librarian
Leyburn 218
540-458-8659
brooksm@wlu.edu

Byron Faidley
Digital Collections Manager
540-458-4663
faidleyb@wlu.edu

Paula Kiser
Associate Professor and Digital Scholarship Librarian
Leyburn 216
540-458-8657
kiserp@wlu.edu
Research Services

Renae Watson
Head of Research Services
Leyburn M38
540-458-8641
rwatson@wlu.edu

Mary Abdoney
Associate Professor, Research and Instruction Librarian for the Sciences
Telford A302A
540-458-8647
abdoneym@wlu.edu

Jenny Carlos
Assistant Professor, Research and Instruction Librarian
Leyburn M33
jcarlos@wlu.edu

Emily Cook
Assistant Professor and Research and Instruction Librarian for the Humanities
James G. Leyburn Library M37
540-458-8654
cooke@wlu.edu

Julie Kane
Professor, Collection Strategies Librarian
Telford A302B
540-458-8662
kanej@wlu.edu

John Tombarge
Professor, Research and Instruction Librarian for the Williams School
Leyburn M36
540-458-8134
tombargej@wlu.edu

Amira Walker
Assistant Professor, Research and Instruction Librarian
Leyburn M34
awalker2@wlu.edu
Special Collections and Archives

Kimberly Sims
Associate Professor, Associate University Librarian for Special Collections and Archives
Leyburn Special Collections
540-458-8649
ksims@wlu.edu

Mattie Clear
Assistant Professor, Instruction and Outreach Archivist
Leyburn 219
540-458-8644
mclear@wlu.edu

Katie Kloepping
Intern
Leyburn Special Collections
kkloepping@wlu.edu

Seth McCormick-Goodhart
Public Services Manager
Leyburn Special Collections
540-458-8393
goodharts@wlu.edu

Lisa McCown
Senior Special Collections Assistant
Leyburn Special Collections
540-458-8663
mccownl@wlu.edu