NMRT is pleased to sponsor Jewel Davis as a 2018 Emerging Leader. The sponsorship consists of a $1000 award towards attendance at ALA Midwinter in Denver and ALA Annual in New Orleans.
Jewel Davis currently works as the Education Librarian in a PreK-12 Curriculum Materials Center at Appalachian State University’s Belk Library and Information Commons. She works with pre-service teachers, education faculty, and practicing K-12 teachers on teaching with diverse youth literature, incorporating STEM and emerging technologies into classroom practice, and developing practitioner-based research skills. She received an MA in teaching from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MLIS from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Previously NMRT-sponsored Emerging Leaders include Megan Hodge in 2011, Heidi Steiner in 2012, Margaret Howard in 2013, Kate Tkacik in 2014, Stacey Nordlund in 2015, and Mandi Goodsett in 2016.