Kayla Abner

About

Hi! I'm Kayla Abner and I am the Data Visualization and Analysis Librarian (formerly Digital Scholarship) at the University of Delaware. When teaching students about data, I prioritize taking an equity lens by inviting them to consider who created the data, why, and how the visualization might affect their interpretation. I'm interested in:

  • Collections as data
  • Data visualization and analysis
  • Data literacy
  • Digital humanities
I have a Master’s of Science in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2019).

Teaching Highlights

Some of my selected teaching experiences that I've especially enjoyed.

Storytelling with Data

Storytelling with Data: Best Practices for Data Visualization is a workshop I offer regularly at UD. We focus on telling good stories with data visualization, and talk about graphic design principles related to data viz.

Collections as data

I've integrated the concept of collections as data in my teaching through workshops, and I'm thinking about how to create datasets based on special collections materials used in course instruction.

Research and Presentations

Selected research-related work, including publications and presentations, is below. My ORCID profile also covers my publications.

CV and Contact

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