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Rachel K Fundator

University Title:
Clinical Assistant Professor, Information Literacy Instructional Designer
Division/Unit(s):
Information Literacy
Location(s):

Professional Information

Courses Taught:
ILS 295 Disrupting Authority: Social Justice and Information (Spring '22)
ILS 295 SPIRaL 290: Algorithms & Democracy, Part 1 (Fall '23)
ILS 295 SPIRaL 290: Algorithms & Democracy, Part 2 (Spring '24)
Research Areas:
Information literacy; informed learning; faculty development; student motivation; scholarship of teaching and learning
Education:
MSLIS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), 2015
BA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), 2011

Publications


Presentations

  1. Fundator, R., Mohandas, L., Hamm, L., Guberman, D., Nelson, D., Neubauer, K. (November, 2023). Reacting to AI in the classroom: Faculty & student perceptions and use of generative AI tools. Purdue Libraries Celebrating Research, West Lafayette, IN.
  2. Maybee, C., Flierl, M., & Fundator, R. (October, 2023). Creating informed learners in the classroom workshop. [Workshop]. European Conference on Information Literacy, Krakow, Poland.
  3. Fundator, R., LeGrand, S., Permenter, S., & Weiss, B. (2023, April). SPIRaL: Student partners for information research and literacy undergraduate research program. Presented at the Information and Democracy: Education, Access, and Libraries (ID:EALS) Symposium, West Lafayette, IN.
  4. Fundator, R., & LeGrand, S. (2023, April). Students as partners in the library: Creating meaningful information literacy instruction together. Information Literacy Summit, Glen Ellyn, IL.
  5. Maybee, C. & Fundator, R. (2022, August 10). Informed learning design: Fostering librarian-instructor collaboration. [Virtual workshop]. Presented for Seminole State College librarians.
  6. Maybee, C., Fundator, R., & Saha, A. (2022, May). Creating informed learners in the classroom: Librarian experiences of developing a multi-institutional information literacy project. [Webinar]. Presented for the Indiana State Library.
  7. Fundator, R. & Gaha, U. (2021, July). Leveraging the moment: Benefits of a collaborative approach to IL instruction [virtual poster presentation]. Academic Libraries of Indiana Information Literacy Committee Conference.
  8. Maybee, C. & Fundator, R. (2021, April). But how do we do that online? Lessons learned from shifting information literacy design workshops online. Information Literacy Summit, Palos Hills, IL.
  9. Flierl, M., Maybee, C., Fundator, R. (2019, October). Enabling student learning sustainably, at scale: A phenomenographic study. Library Research Seminar VII, Columbia, SC.
  10. Flierl, M., Maybee, C., & Fundator, R. (2019, April). Integrating information literacy into disciplinary courses using informed learning design. Information Literacy Summit, Palos Hills, IL.
  11. Flierl, M., Bonem, E., Maybee, C., & Fundator, R. (2018, October). Information use in learning environments: Supporting student motivation and performance. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL), Bergen, Norway.
  12. Neubauer, K., Huang, W., Fundator, R., Cai, H., Hands, N., Zimpfer, M., Diao, X., & Reed, J.B. (2018). Teamwork makes the dream work: Purdue's IMPACT course transformation faculty learning community. Presented at Purdue Global 2018 Virtual General Education Conference.
  13. Fundator, R., Flierl, M., & Maybee, C. (April, 2018). Crushing curiosity: How information literacy can hinder or foster student engagement. Presented at 2018 Illinois Information Literacy Summit in Palos Hills, IL.
  14. Maybee, C., Flierl, M., & Fundator, R. (August, 2017). Unearthing authority: Helping students develop richer understandings of disciplinary information. Presented at 2017 Indiana University Information Literacy Colloquium in New Albany, IN.
  15. Fundator, R., & Stonebraker, I. (2016). Playing the long game: Longitudinal assessment of information literacy. Presented at 2016 Illinois Information Literacy Summit in Palos Hills, IL.

Other Information

Grants:
  1. Reacting to AI in the classroom: Faculty and student perceptions on use of generative AI tools, Co-PI (January 2023) Funded by Purdue Innovation Hub, Innovation Grant (Proposal Number: IH‐IG‐23001)
  2. Academic Librarian Curriculum Developers: Building Capacity to Integrate Information Literacy across the University, (2019-2023) Funded by Institute of Museum and Libraries Services Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (RE-13-19-0021-19).