Janice Moore Newsum

Janice Moore Newsum received a bachelor’s degree from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. She earned a master's degree in early childhood education from the University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas. Janice has an MLIS and her PhD in Library and Information Studies from Florida State University. Dr. Newsum served the students of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) in the Department of Library Services as a school librarian, a Library Services Specialist, and as Manager of the Department of Library Services. She is currently employed as an Associate Professor at the University of Houston Clear Lake. Dr. Newsum has served as the Representative at Large on the Texas Library Association (TLA) Executive Board, as Co-chair of the TLA Diversity and Inclusion Committee, as a member of the AASL/CAEP Coordinating Committee, and as a Councilor for the TLA Library Instruction Round Table. She is the Chair of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table, and a member of the Florida State University iSchool iadvocacy Board. Her research interests include school librarian leadership and administration, library advocacy, diversity in literature, and technology applications.

Publications

The Invisible Incivility Archetype That Is Imploding Higher Education From Within: The Queen Bee Syndrome's Canary in the Coal Mine
The Invisible Incivility Archetype That Is Imploding Higher Education From Within: The Queen Bee Syndrome's Canary in the Coal Mine
Janice Moore Newsum, Miriam Thomas, Caroline M. Crawford, Noran L. Moffett. © 2023. 27 pages.
Higher education is an intriguing realm within which to journey, referred to as the ivory tower as well as the potential for Dante's levels of hell. Many scholars who walk...
Intergenerational Relations That Guide Educational Planning: Perspectives on the University Course Experience
Intergenerational Relations That Guide Educational Planning: Perspectives on the University Course Experience
Caroline M. Crawford, Billi L. Bromer, Noran L. Moffett, Sharon K. Andrews, Virginia Dickenson, Janice Moore Newsum, Jennifer K. Young Wallace, James Dillard. © 2023. 40 pages.
The university faculty instructor is a curiously stealth yet dynamic pilar of academia. With the threefold expectations of teaching, research, and service responsibilities, one...
Learning and Leading Within a Multigenerational University Course Experience: Differences, Similarities, Conflicts, and Strengths
Learning and Leading Within a Multigenerational University Course Experience: Differences, Similarities, Conflicts, and Strengths
Janice Moore Newsum, Jennifer K. Young Wallace, James Dillard, Billi L. Bromer, Sharon K. Andrews, Virginia Dickenson, Noran L. Moffett, Caroline M. Crawford. © 2023. 38 pages.
The university instructor experience around leading a course learning experience that includes multigenerational students with different levels of subject matter knowledge and...
International Journal of eSports Multidisciplinary Research (IJEMR)
International Journal of eSports Multidisciplinary Research (IJEMR)
Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, Sang Nam. Est. 2022.
The International Journal of eSports Multidisciplinary Research (IJEMR) provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to share leading-edge knowledge in eSports. IJEMR is a...
Supporting Community Engagement Through Real-World Instructional Learning
Supporting Community Engagement Through Real-World Instructional Learning
Caroline M. Crawford, Janice Moore Newsum, Sharon Andrews White, Jennifer Young Wallace. © 2021. 17 pages.
The ability to attain knowledge for implementation within real-world environments is a shift in understanding within many instructional environments. Shifting from...
Creativity and Impactful Learning Through Implicit Cognitive Vulnerability
Creativity and Impactful Learning Through Implicit Cognitive Vulnerability
Caroline M. Crawford, Janice Moore Newsum, Sharon Andrews White, Jennifer Young Wallace. © 2021. 18 pages.
Creating an instructional environment in which the learners can be cognitively vulnerable with the information learned, with learner colleagues, as well as with the instructional...
Sisyphus Leans Into the Professoriate: Faculty Discuss Careers and the Academic Landscape
Sisyphus Leans Into the Professoriate: Faculty Discuss Careers and the Academic Landscape
Sharon Andrews, Janice Moore Newsum, Caroline M. Crawford, Noran L. Moffett. © 2021. 42 pages.
Four faculty at different points in their professorial careers come together to share their own experiences, from doctoral studies through the current point in their professional...