Darren Ilett

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Education

MLIS, San José State University, 2015
Area of Study: Library and Information Studies

PhD, University of Chicago, 2007
Area of Study: Germanic Studies

MA, University of Chicago, 2001
Area of Study: Germanic Studies

BA, University of Oregon, 1998
Area of Study: German Studies and Religious Studies

Research/Areas of Interest

My research concerns underserved populations in higher education, particularly first-generation college students.

Publications/Creative Works

Ilett, D. (2019). A critical review of LIS literature on first-generation students. portal: Libraries and the Academy 19(1), 177-196. https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2019.0009

Ilett, D. (2019). First-generation students’ information literacy in everyday contexts. Journal of Information Literacy, 13(2), 73-91.https://doi.org/10.11645/13.2.2675

Ilett. D. (2020). Beyond the research paper: First-generation students and the Framework in everyday contexts. College & Research Libraries News, 81(6), 285-288, 297. https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/24480

Couture, J., Bretón, J., Dommermuth, E., Floersch, N., Ilett, D., Nowak, K. Roberts, L., & Watson, R. (2021). “We’re gonna figure this out“: First-generation students and academic libraries. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 21(1), 127-147. https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2021.0009

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