Gina Schlesselman-Tarango (she/her) is an interdisciplinary scholar and educator who writes about critical information literacy in academic libraries and the gender and racial dynamics at play in information work more broadly. Her work has appeared in Exploring Equitable and Inclusive Pedagogies: Creating Space for All Learners, Critical Library Pedagogy Handbook, Communications in Information Literacy, College & Research Libraries, Library Trends, and Keywords in (critical) library information science/studies (forthcoming). Most notably, she authored the widely cited “The Legacy of Lady Bountiful: White Women in the Library” (2016) and edited Topographies of Whiteness: Mapping Whiteness in Library and Information Science (2017).

She is currently exploring the intersections of reproductive health and information work with attention to the invisible labor that occurs around “reproductive failure,” and she is co-editor of Information, Power, and Reproductive Health (2025).

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With more than a decade's worth of experience in libraries, she have developed expertise in information literacy instruction, evidence-based practice, scholarly communication, research cultures, faculty development, project management, and program leadership. She is pursuing a PhD in Communication and Information Sciences from the University of Alabama and currently serves on the editorial board for Libraries: Culture, History, and Society.

See her curriculum vitae for a complete list of publications, presentations and talks, and other work.