Joseph Winberry
Assistant Professor - Not taking new doctoral students
Expertise
Community engagement and organizing; critical library outreach and services to diverse populations; information marginalization; social justice in information and library science; qualitative and action research methods.
Education
Ph.D., Communication & Information, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Gerontology Graduate Certificate, Social Work, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
MS, Information Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
BA, History; Political Science, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Biography
Joseph Winberry, Ph.D. is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science. His scholarship emphasizes critical library and information science—especially in relation to societal aging. Current research projects include the Aging Rainbow Coalition community-based participatory research project with LGBT+ older adults in East Tennessee and an Institute of Museum and Library Services funded program to develop public librarian training on serving older patrons in partnership with diverse older adults in North Carolina and across the United States.
Current service activities include serving as the co-convener of the Association for Library and Information Science Education’s (ALISE) Historical Perspectives Special Interest Group and as the founder of the ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table’s Elder Justice Task Force. Prior to academia, Dr. Winberry spent several years working for non-profit organizations in Tennessee including the American Red Cross, and the Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee’s Office on Aging where he originated the organization’s elder abuse response programs. He credits his time working in non-profits, archives, and libraries with inspiring a belief that library and information science can be used to help people make a difference in their lives.