Self-advocacy is the ability to know what your needs are and communicate them effectively. It is a concept that can be applied in our personal and professional lives. Please join the Student Chapter of the American Library Association and Dr. Ulia Gosart, Associate Professor at the iSchool to learn more about this critical skill and how you can apply it in your LIS career. Come with any questions you may have about self-advocacy or just to hear the amazing Dr. Gosart speak with us!

Please register in advance for this meeting: https://sjsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsdOqhrTguGdRnbSODF9lYM2cOLdOsu6lz

About our speaker:

Dr. Gosart is an assistant professor with the San José State University School of Information. She received her Ph.D. in Information Studies from the University of California Los Angeles, her M.S. in Library and Information Science from Connecticut State University, and her B.A. in Librarianship from Kiev National University of Culture and Arts in Ukraine. She was born in the former Soviet Union and has training in human rights through her postdocs. Her research focuses on Indigenous communities, Indigenous rights, and Indigenous librarianship. (from her faculty profile and the iSchool student blog posts)