Name: Marilyn A. Hudson
Title/Rank/Position: Director of Library Services
Discipline: Library and Information Studies
Year Hired: 2005
Education:
M.L.I.S, Library & Information Studies, University of Oklahoma, 1998.
B.A., History, University of Oklahoma, 1997.
Professional Organizations and Affiliations:
Member, Oklahoma Council of Academic Library Directors (OCALD)
Member, Oklahoma Library Association
Member, Association of Christian Librarians
Member, Society of Biblical Literature
Member, Classics Association of the Middle Western States
Member/Webmaster, Oklahoma Association of Storytellers
Member, Territory Tellers of Oklahoma
Member, National Storytelling Network
Previous Professional Experience: Public library, public school
Area/s of Specialty: Information Literacy and History
Courses Taught:
PSY 1001 Information Literacy
HUM 2013 General Humanities
HIST 1483 United States History I
HIST 1493 United States History II
SPCH 2642 Storytelling: Techniques & Methods
Office Location: S-103, Library, Lower Level, Springer Admission/Administration Building
Campus Phone Number: 405-789-7661 x3451
Email Address: Marilyn.hudson@swcu.edu ; scu.library@swcu.edu
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Research Interests: Role of Women in Christianity, mythology, storytelling as communication and educational tool, American social history, book-author promotion
Publications and Professional Presentations:
“Pentecostal Holiness Classics: Book Reviews of Early Works.” IPHC ‘Networking, e-newsletter, Office of Communications, 2009 -.
“Southwestern Christian University.” Bethany Centennial. Quade Publishing, 2009.
“St. Joseph Orphanage History.” Bethany Centennial. Quade Publishing, 2009.
Those Pesky Verses of Paul: Examining Women in the New Testament. Whorl Books, 2009.
“The Bottomless Well.” Red Dirt Book Festival Anthology, Volume 3. Pioneer Library System, 2009.
“Save Our Stories: Using Storytelling to Reinvigorate Local Communities.” Workshop. Wagoner Public Library, July 7, 2009.
“Headlines from History.” IPHC ‘Networking, e-newsletter, Office of Communications, 2008-2009.
Peer reviewer, Association of Christian Librarians Journal, 2008.
“Rune stone.” Red Dirt Book Festival Anthology, Volume 2. Pioneer Library System, 2007.
“Storyteller.” Spirit of Oklahoma Storytelling Festival, Seminole, Ok, June 6, 2007.
“Book by Book: Southwestern Christian University Library History, 1946-2006”. Oklahoma Library Association, Centennial project located at http://199.164.253.25/centennial/libbio/swchristianunivlib.html.
“Beginning Storytelling: Workshop.” Choctaw Library, October 10, 2006.
One Nightclub and a Mule Barn: The first sixty years of Southwestern Christian University. Tate Publishing, 2006.
“Using Mood to Enhance Stories”, workshop, Red Dirt Book Festival, Shawnee, Oklahoma, 2005.
“Annie Oklahoma: An original tall tale.” Red Dirt Book Festival Anthology, Volume 1. Pioneer Library System, 2005.
Mission/Passion: To encourage others to love the journey of learning as much as the destination.
Favorite Bible Verse: Galatians 3:28, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
Personal Interests: Historic research, Storytelling, Creative Writing, Photography
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