Jessie Mae Maimone
Doctoral Student
PhD, Information Sciences, Illinois (in progress)
MS, Library and Information Sciences, Illinois
MS, Publishing, Pace University
BA, English, James Madison University
Pronouns: she/her
Research focus
Experience of Black youth in public libraries
Field Exam Area: Youth services librarianship, Critical Race Theory, Critical Youth Studies
Honors and Awards
- ALISE Emerging Scholar
- Hazel C. Rediger Award
- G. Edwards Evans Scholarship
Advisor
Publications & Papers
Stone, S. & Maimone, J.M. (2024). Crafting a pandemic book club. The Library Quarterly, 94(2),
202-218.
Maimone, J. M. & Terrones, L. (2023). TAs disrupting the classroom. The ALAN Review, 50(2),
60-62.
The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Book. Johns Hopkins University Press. [Reviewer]
Black Cotton Reviews. Maimone, J. M. https://blackcottonreviewers.com/. [Reviewer]
Presentations
Maimone, J.M., & Stone, S. (2022). Crafting a pandemic book club: Knowledge gained [Poster presentation]. ALA Annual.
Felix, I., Maimone, J.M., & Martínez, A. (2022, Nov. 10). The Bulletin Brown Bag: A Discussion with Sensitivity Readers [panel]. Center for Children’s Books.
Park Dahlen, S., Maimone, J.M., & Terrones, L. (2022, Mar. 2). Sensitivity Reading Panel [panel]. Center for Children’s Books.
Maimone, J.M., & Drumright, K. (2019). Podcasting as Storytelling [Conference session]. Colorado Teen Literature Conference. Denver, Colorado, United States.