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Every section of Words and Numbers has a corresponding librarian, listed below. The librarian for your section is an excellent person to contact with any questions about research or using the library. When you eventually declare a major, you will likely to get to know the librarian who is the specialist for that subject.

Librarians for Words, fall 2024

Faculty Name of class Librarian Librarian email
Barron Wild Writing: Creative Non-fiction on the Natural World

Jim Bunnelle

bunnelle@lclark.edu
Cole The Greatest American Novels, 2014–2023 Erica Jensen ejensen@lclark.edu
Dede This American Language

Elaine Hirsch

elaineghirsch@lclark.edu

Fritzman Critiquing Critical Race Theory Jim Bunnelle bunnelle@lclark.edu
Fujie The Stories That Bind Us Erica Jensen ejensen@lclark.edu
Healy Exile and Belonging E.J. Carter ecarter@lclark.edu
Holzwarth Education and Freedom Elaine Hirsch elaineghirsch@lclark.edu
Levine Hannah Arendt Elaine Hirsch elaineghirsch@lclark.edu
Meera Who can tell which stories? Identity and representation Erica Jensen ejensen@lclark.edu
Mirabile Paradoxes of Reading Erica Jensen ejensen@lclark.edu
Raillard (Ir)realities Jim Bunnelle bunnelle@lclark.edu
Sprecher Loverti Knowledge, Power, Responsibility Jim Bunnelle bunnelle@lclark.edu
Starling Japanese Religion E.J. Carter ecarter@lclark.edu
Zimring Contemporary International Fiction Erica Jensen ejensen@lclark.edu

Librarians for Numbers, fall 2024

Professor Name of class Librarian Librarian email
Allen Space, Time, Spacetime Jeremy McWilliams jeremym@lclark.edu
Balko Get the Lead Out: Chemistry, Public Health, and Environmental Justice Parvaneh Abbaspour parvaneh@lclark.edu
Chen Order, Chaos & Randomness Jeremy McWilliams jeremym@lclark.edu
Fitzpatrick The Meaning of Health: Bioethics and Medical Analytics

Mark Dahl

dahl@lclark.edu

Gantt Bad Data, Misinterpretation, and Bullshit Mark Dahl dahl@lclark.edu
Gaskins Political Math E.J. Carter ecarter@lclark.edu
Parks Networks and Trees Parvaneh Abbaspour parvaneh@lclark.edu
Patrick

Probability, Quantification, and Ideology: Numbers in Their Human Context(s)

Mark Dahl dahl@lclark.edu
Powell Numbers and Sports: An Introduction to Sports Analytics Jeremy McWilliams jeremym@lclark.edu
Scroggs The ABCs of WAR Jeremy McWilliams jeremym@lclark.edu
Tufte What do numbers sound like? Parvaneh Abbaspour parvaneh@lclark.edu