Expertise

Archival science, academic librarianship, Digital Humanities, academic writing, qualitative research, critical theory.

Education

PhD, Educational Theory & Practice, University of Georgia
MLIS, Valdosta State University
MA, English, University of Florida
BA, English, University of Florida

Biography

Dr. Elliott Kuecker spent ten years working in academic libraries, serving as an instructional librarian for the humanities, a college archivist, staff in physical and digital preservation, running a Digital Humanities Lab, and more. In addition, he has facilitated numerous critical theory reading groups and books to prisoners initiatives.

He publishes in several fields with an emphasis on the crafts of archiving, performing qualitative research, composing academic writing, and pedagogy. He has authored multiple studies on labor ethics in the LIS field and many methodological pieces pertinent to qualitative research and its intersection with post-structural theory. He also publishes studies on children’s creations found in archives and curriculum analyses of craftwork in American schools. He is a frequent reviewer for numerous LIS and qualitative research journals.

Outside of research and teaching, he loves running, bicycling, hiking, and walking. He enjoys reading nonfiction, collecting Americana music, and playing outside with his family.