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Nick Vera

Title: Academic Scheduler
Email: veraan@email.sc.edu 
Phone: 803-777-6303

Nick Vera oversees the course scheduling for all courses offered by University 101 Programs and the credentialing processes for all U101 instructors.

Prior to joining University 101 Programs, Nick served as a research assistant and adjunct instructor for the School of Information Science at the University of South Carolina. He is also completing his doctorate in Information Science with a focus on health information-seeking behaviors of SC youth.

Educational Background

Doctorate in Information Science - ABD, 2024
University of South Carolina

Certificate in Health Communication, 2019
Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina

Master of Library and Information Science, 2018
University of South Carolina

Bachelor of Arts - English Literature, 2016
University of South Carolina

Vera, A. N., Kitzie, V. L., & Wagner, T. L. (2023). Queer Mediated Practices as a Method to Center and Sustain Critical Health and Media Literacies. The International Journal of Critical Media Literacy, 3(2), 160-177. 

Kitzie, V., Vera, A. N., Lookingbill, V., & Wagner, T. L. (2023). “What is a wave but 1000 drops working together?”: The role of public libraries in addressing LGBTQIA+ health information disparities. Journal of Documentation 

Kitzie, V. L., Wagner, T. L., Lookingbill, V., & Vera, N. (2022). Advancing information practices theoretical discourses centered on marginality, community, and embodiment: Learning from the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) communities. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 73(4), 494-510 

Kitzie, V., Wagner, T., & Vera, A. N. (2021). Discursive power and resistance in the information world maps of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual community leaders. Journal of Documentation 77(3), 638-662 

Freeburg, D. & Vera, A. N. (2021). “The ticket you get punched”: The divide between academic and public librarianship and the MLIS. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 62(1), 17-33 

Kitzie, V., Pettigrew, J., Wagner, T.L., & Vera, A.N. (2020). Using the World Café methodology to support community-centric research and practice in Library and Information Science. Library and Information Science Research, 42(4), 1-11 

Brown, H. A., Mulherin, P., Ferrara, W. C., Humphrey, M. E., Vera, A., & Hall, J. W. (2018). Using future employers' expectations to inform global health fellowship curricula. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 10(5), 517-521 

Book Chapters (Refereed) 

Vera, A.N., Wagner, T.L., & Kitzie, V. (2020). “When it’s time to come together, we come together”: Reconceptualizing theories of self-efficacy for health information practices within LGBTQIA+ communities. In B.S. Jean, G. Jindal, Y. Liao, and P.T. Jaeger (Eds.) Roles and Responsibilities of Libraries in Increasing Consumer Health Literacy and Reducing Health Disparities (Advances in Librarianship, Vol. 47), Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 263-282. 

Full Papers in Conference Proceedings (Refereed) 

Kitzie, V. L., Vera, A. N., & Wagner, T. L. (2022). Understanding the information creation practices of LGBTQIA+ community health workers. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 59(1), 145-156. 

Kitzie, V., Wagner, T., Francis, D., Vera, A. N., & Bowman, J. D. (2022). Combatting health information injustices for community-based health promotion: A curricular outline. Proceedings of the Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference: ALISE 2022. 

Lookingbill, V., Vera, A.N., Wagner, T.L., & Kitzie, V. (2021). “We can be our best alliance”: Resilient health information practices of LGBTQIA+ individuals as buffering response to minority stress. In K. Toeppe, H. Yan, & S.K.W. Chu (Eds.), Diversity, divergence, dialogue: 16th International Conference, iConference 2021, virtual, March 17- 31, 2021, Proceedings Part II (pp. 3-13). Switzerland, AG: Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71305-8_1. [Acceptance rate: 31%] 

Kitzie, V., Wagner, T.L., & Vera, A.N. (2020). “When someone sees me, I am nothing of the norm”: Examining the discursive role power plays in shaping LGBTQ+ health information practices. Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57(1), 1-7. 

Kitzie, V. L., Vera, A. N., & Wagner, T. L. (2022, October 29-November 1). Understanding the information creation practices of LGBTQIA+ community health workers. Paper presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Pittsburgh, PA.  

Kitzie, V., Wagner, T., Francis, D., Vera, A. N., & Bowman, J. D. (2022, October 24-27). Combatting health information injustices for community-based health promotion: A curricular outline. Paper presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) 2022 Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.  

Lookingbill, V., Vera, A.N., Wagner, T.L., & Kitzie, V.L. (2021, March 28-31). “We can be our best alliance”: Resilient health information practices of LGBTQIA+ individuals as a buffering response to minority stress. Paper presented at the 2021 iConference (Conference held online due to COVID-19). 

Kitzie, V., Wagner, T.L., & Vera, A.N. (2021, October 23-28). “When someone sees me, I am nothing of the norm”: Examining the discursive role power plays in shaping LGBTQ+ health information practices. Paper presented at the 2021 ASIS&T Annual Conference (Conference held online due to COVID-19).  

Kitzie, V., Wagner, T.L., & Vera, N. (2020, March 23-25). “In the beginning, it was little whispers…now, we’re almost a roar”: Conceptualizing a model for community and self in LGBTQ+ health information practices. Paper presented at the 2020 iConference (Conference held online due to COVID-19). 

Kitzie, V., Wagner, T.L., Vera, A.N., & Pettigrew, J. (2020, October 20-23). Using the World Café methodology to support community-centric research and practice in library and information science. Paper presented at the 2020 ALISE Annual Meeting (Conference held online due to COVID-19) [ALISE/ProQuest Methodology Competition Paper Award Winner]. 

Kitzie, V., Wagner, T.L., Vera, A.N., & Lookingbill, V. (2019, September 24-26). Interrogating how information (re)produces systemic barriers within LGBTQ+ communities to inform global LIS education. Paper presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) 2019 Conference, Knoxville, TN. 

Kitzie, V., Wagner, T.L., Vera, A.N., & Lookingbill, V. (2019, October 16-18). Resituating public library values to leverage the health information practices of South Carolina LGBTQ+ communities. Paper presented at the Library Research Seminar (LRS) 2019 Conference, Columbia, SC. 

Kitzie, V., Wagner, T.L., Vera, A.N., & Lookingbill, V. (2019, October 10-12). “We try to find something for whatever obstacle might be in our way": Understanding the health information practices of South Carolina LGBTQ+ communities. Paper presented at the South Carolina Medical Librarian Association 69th Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA. 

Vera, N. (2023). Between Realities: Information Sharing Practices of Deepfake Creators. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 60(1), 1161-1163. 

Vera, A. (2022, October). “Stunning and creepy… I gotta learn this”: Exploring Concepts of Information Ethics in Deepfake Creation Tutorials on YouTube. In Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference. 

Pierson, C. M., Tait, E., & Vera, A. N. (2022, October 29-November 1). Information ethics and advanced technologies: Curricular opportunities for the information professions. Poster presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Pittsburgh, PA. 

Vera, A. N. (2022, October 24-27). “Stunning and creepy… I gotta learn this”: Exploring concepts of information ethics in deepfake creation tutorials on YouTube. Poster presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) 2022 Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.  

Kitzie, V.L., Wagner, T.L., Vera, A.N., & Lookingbill, V. (2019, April 23). "Like two beach umbrellas put together": Investigating the health information practices of South Carolina LGBTQ+ communities. Poster presented at the 12th Annual James E. Clyburn Health Disparities Lecture, Columbia, SC. 

 


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