Sarah A. Evans

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Abstracts and Proceedings

• Kim, J., Hong, L., Evans, S.A., Ali, I., Rice-Oyler, E. (2023). Toward an understanding of data literacy needs in community colleges: A conceptual framework. ACRL 2023.
• Marino, J., Moore, J., Evans, S., Schultz-Jones, B.A. (2019). A Design Approach to a Wicked Problem: Designing Data Literacy Leadership Services for Librarians. Urbana–Champaign, Illinois, University of Illinois. https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/103341

Book Chapter

• Ryan, S.E., Evans, S.A., Hawamdeh, S.M. (2023). Public Libraries as Key Knowledge Infrastructure Needed to Empower Communities, Promote Economic Development, and Foster Social Justice. Public Libraries as Key Knowledge Infrastructure Needed to Empower Communities, Promote Economic Development, and Foster Social Justice. 53 203-218. Leeds, England, Emerald Publishing Limited.
• Ward, S.J., Evans, S.A., Campana, K., Mills, J. (2019). Playing to Learn, Learning to Play: The Significance of Play and Making Programs in the Library. Create, Innovate, and Serve: A Radical Approach to Children's and Youth Services. 37-48. Chicago, Illinois, ALA Neal-Schuman.
• Evans, S.A., Campana, K., Mills, J. (2019). Why Teens Need the Library and the Library Needs Teens. Create, Innovate, and Serve: A Radical Approach to Children's and Youth Services. 201-209. Chicago, Illinois, ALA Neal-Schuman.
• Evans, S., Doughty, A.A. (2018). Mediating Adolescence: Public Librarians, Teenage Culture, and Young Adult Literature. Broadening Critical Boundaries in Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture. 139-159. Newcastle Upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Conference Proceeding

• Devasia, N., Figueroa, A., Evans, S.A., Herman, B., Aragon, C. (2024). Student Perspectives on Learning and Teaching Data Ethics Through Speculative Game Design. ISLS 2024 Annual Meeting Proceedings. 59-66. International Society of the Learning Sciences. https://repository.isls.org//handle/1/10598
• Kim, J., Hong, L., Evans, S.A., Rice-Oyler, E., Ali, I. Development and Validation of a Data Literacy Assessment Scale. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology.
• Jim, C., Evans, S., Grant, A. (2021). Multidimensional Approaches to Illustrate the Digital Divide among K-12 Students. IASL Conference Proceedings. Edmonton, Alberta, University of Alberta Libraries.
• Davis, R., Frens, J., Sharma, N., Muralikumar, M.D., Aragon, C., Evans, S. (2020). Mentorship Network Structure: How Relationships Emerge Online and What They Mean for Amateur Creators. Other. 36-45. Pittsburg, PA, Carnegie Mellon University: ETC Press. https://2020.connectedlearningsummit.org/proceedings/
• Herman, B., Aragon, C., Evans, S., Shanley, L. (2020). Advancing Diversity in Human Centered Data Science Education through Games. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 57 (1) Association for Information Science and Technology.
• Marino, J., Evans, S., Moore, J., Smith, D.L., Schultz-Jones, B., Elkins, A. (2019). Preparing library professionals for data literacy leadership: Administrator perspectives. Chicago, Illinois, Association of Library and Information Science Education. https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/105330
• Yin, K., Aragon, C., Evans, S.A., Davis, K. (2017). Where No One Has Gone Before: The First Meta-Dataset of the World's Largest Fanfiction Repository. Association for Computing Machinery.
• Evans, S.A., Davis, K., Evans, A., Campbell, J., Randall, D., Yin, K., Aragon, C. (2017). More Than Peer Production: Fanfiction Communities as Sites of Distributed Mentoring. Association for Computing Machinery.
• Campbell, J., Aragon, C., Evans, S.A., Evans, A., Randall, D.P. (2016). Thousands of Positive Reviews: Distributed Mentoring in Online Fan Communities. Association for Computing Machinery.

Journal Article

• Kim, J., Hong, L., Evans, S.A. (2024). Towards Measuring Data Literacy for Higher Education: Developing and Validating a Self-efficacy Data Literacy Scale. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 75 (8) 916-931.
• Miles, T., Herman, B., Aragon, C., Evans, S.A. (2024). Black Women Getting a Seat at the Table in the Video Game Industry. The International Journal of Organizational Diversity. 24 (2) 65-83. Common Ground Research Networks. https://cgscholar.com/bookstore/works/black-women-getting-a-seat-at-the-table-in-the-video-game-industry
• Evans, S.A., Hong, L., Kim, J., Rice-Oyler, E., Ali, I. (2023). Community College Students’ Self-Assessment of Data Literacy: Exploring Differences Amongst Demographic, Academic, and Career Characteristics. Information and Learning Sciences. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ILS-06-2023-0065/full/html
• Sosnowski, J., Tokunaga, T., Evans, S.A. (2021). Participatory Action Research in Education: Benefits and Tensions Across Contexts. Annals of Anthropological Practice. American Anthropological Association. https://anthrosource-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.libproxy.library.unt.edu/doi/10.1111/napa.12174
• Evans, S.A. (2021). "We Need People to be Woken Up and See This!" Teens Learning Through Critical Textual Analysis. Annals of Anthropological Practice. American Anthropological Association. https://anthrosource-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.libproxy.library.unt.edu/doi/10.1111/napa.12172
• Evans, S.A. (2019). “Book Nerds” United: The Reading Lives of Diverse Adolescents at the Public Library. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion. 3 (2) 23. Toronto, Ontario, University of Toronto Library. https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijidi/article/view/32589
• Mills, J.E., Goldsmith, A.Y., Campana, K., Patin, B.J., Evans, S.A. (2015). Putting Youth First: The Radical Eliza T. Dresang. Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults. 5 Chicago, Illinois, Young Adult Library Services. http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/2015/01/putting-youth-first-the-radical-eliza-t-dresang/
• McCutchen, D., Stull, S., Logan-Herrera, B., Lotas, S., Evans, S. (2013). Putting Words to Work: Effects of Morphological Instruction on Children's Writing. Journal of Learning Disabilities. 47 (1) 86-97.

Magazine/Trade Publication

• Evans, S.A. (2018). Research Roundup: Youth Activism through Community Engagement. Young Adult Library Services. 16 (2) 14-16.
• Evans, S.A., Randall, D.P., Campbell, J., Davis, K., Aragon, C., Evans, A. (2016). How Fan Fiction Mentors Can Change Lives. School Library Journal. https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=how-fan-fiction-mentors-can-change-lives

Newsletter

• Martens, M., Evans, S.A., Alexiusson, M. (2023). Newsletter Special Issue: International Views on Banned Books. The Hague, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults.

Poster

• Yoon, S., Evans, S.A., Aragon, C., Herman, B., Devasia, N., Miles, T. (2024). Responsibility and Care in AI/ML Education: A Collaborative Approach to Ethical Awareness. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology.
• Stanley, C., Evans, S.A., Simpson, L., Molina, L., Yoon, S. (2024). Raise Up Radio: Creating a Field Guide for Libraries Serving Rural Communities. ISLS 2024 Annual Meeting Proceedings. 2339-2340. International Society of the Learning Sciences. https://repository.isls.org//handle/1/11005
• Byun, M., Evans, S.A., Herman, B., Aragon, C., Rojas-Ponce, D.S. (2022). Game Development as Speculative Design: Teaching Data Science Ethics Using Decentralized Research Groups. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 59 (1) 630-632.
• Evans, S.A., Keeton, k., Molina, L.N., Byun, M. (2022). Going Back to Get the Stories: Oral Histories of Childhood Reading from Diverse Perspectives. Association of Library and Information Science Education.
• Evans, S.A., Molina, L.N., Davis-McElligatt, J.C. (2022). Turning Ourselves Inside Out: Reading and Creating Graphic Medicine in Community. 2164-2165. 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). https://2022.isls.org/proceedings/
• Evans, S.A., Molina, L.N., Davis-McElligatt, J.C. (2022). Using Graphic Medicine to Bring Underrepresented Voices Forward Through Public Library Health Literacy Programs. American Educational Research Association.
• Kim, J., Hong, L., Evans, S.A. (2019). Defining Data Literacy: An Empirical Study of Data Literacy Dimensions. Association of Library and Information Science Education. https://hdl.handle.net/2142/110887
• Evans, S.A. (2014). Beyond Databases: Librarians in a Project-Based Language Arts Curriculum. (3) 1633-1634. The International Conference of the Learning Sciences. https://archive.isls.org/conferences/icls/2014/Proceedings.html

Webpage

• Evans, S.A., Lu, K., Head, A. (2015). Zach Sims: Learning Real Life Skills That Matter. Smart Talk Interview. (22) Project Information Literacy. https://www.projectinfolit.org/zach-sims-smart-talk.html
• Evans, S.A., Head, A. (2014). Sari Feldman: Making Public Libraries More Relevant Than Ever. Smart Talk Interview. (21) Project Information Literacy. https://www.projectinfolit.org/sari-feldman-smart-talk.html
• Evans, S.A., Head, A. (2014). Katie Davis: Who is the Learner of Tomorrow?. Smart Talk Interview. (20) Project Information Literacy. https://projectinfolit.org/smart-talk-interviews/who-is-the-learner-of-tomorrow/
• Evans, S.A., Head, A. (2014). Eric Gordon: How Games Promote Lifelong Learning and Civic Engagement. Smart Talk Interview. (19) Project Information Literacy. https://projectinfolit.org/smart-talk-interviews/how-games-promote-lifelong-learning-and-civic-engagement/
• Head, A., Evans, S.A. (2014). Cathy Davidson: How Disruption and Distraction are Remaking Learning. Smart Talk Interview. (18) Project Information Literacy. https://projectinfolit.org/smart-talk-interviews/how-disruption-and-distraction-are-remaking-learning/

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship

• Evans, S.A. (Other), "Global Fellowship for Understanding," sponsored by University of Washington, National, $3500 Funded. ( - 2011).
• Evans, S.A. (Other), "Global Fellowship for Understanding," sponsored by University of Washington, National, Funded. ( - 2011).

Grant - Research

• Evans, S.A. (Principal), Davis-McElligatt, J. (Co-Principal), Champlin, S. (Co-Principal), Smith, D.L. (Co-Principal), Olness, G. (Co-Principal), "What Health Looks Like: Using Graphic Medicine to Bring Underrepresented Voices Forward Through Public Library Health Literacy Programs," sponsored by College of Information, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2020).
• Kim, J., Evans, S. (Co-Principal), Hong, L. (Co-Principal), "Students data literacy needs in community colleges: Perceptions of librarians, students and faculty," sponsored by Institute of Museum and Library Services, Federal, $118996 Funded. (2022 - 2024).
• Evans, S.A. (Principal), Aragon, C.R. (Co-Principal), Herman, B.R. (Co-Principal), "Diversifying Human-Centered Data Science through the Research and Design of Ethical Games," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $114049 Funded. (2021 - 2023).
• Smith, D.L. (Principal), Tyler-Wood, T.L. (Co-Principal), Zhang, X. (Co-Principal), Kuon, T.A. (Supporting), Evans, S.A. (Supporting), Schultz-Jones, B.A. (Supporting), Moore, J. (Supporting), "School librarians facilitating the success of English language learners," sponsored by Institute for Museum and Library Science (IMLS), Federal, $132893 Funded. (2021 - 2023).
• Champlin, S. (Principal), Cartwright, A.D. (Co-Principal), Evans, S. (Co-Principal), Henry, L.R. (Co-Principal), "Designing a Community-Driven Health Communications Toolkit to Engage Male Audiences," sponsored by College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) Scholarly and Creative Activity Award, University of North Texas, $4700 Funded. (2020 - 2023).
• Evans, S. (Co-Principal), Simpson, L. (Co-Principal), "Raise Up Radio: Family and Youth Engagement in Library-Supported Learning via Radio," sponsored by Institute of Museum and Library Services, Federal, $422276 Funded. (2021 - 2023).
• Evans, S. (Principal), Hong, L. (Co-Principal), "Comparative Study of Data Literacy Education for College Freshmen in US and China," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $1500 Funded. (2019 - 2020).
• Evans, S.A. (Principal), Moore, J.E. (Co-Principal), Schultz-Jones, B.A. (Co-Principal), Smith, D.L. (Supporting), Elkins, A. (Supporting), Marino, J. (Supporting), "Preparing Librarians for Data Literacy Leadership," sponsored by Institute of Museum and Library Services, Federal, $45598 Funded. (2018 - 2019).
• Evans, S.A., "We Need Diverse Voices: Multicultural Adolescents Critically Analyzing Multicultural Picture Books," sponsored by Young Adult Library Services Association / Voices of Youth Advocates, National, $1000 Funded. (2017 - 2018).
• Evans, S.A. (Principal), "Raise Up Radio: Family and Youth Engagement in Library Supported Learning Via Radio," sponsored by Institute of Museum and Library Services, FED, Funded. (2021 - 2023).
• Evans, S.A. (Principal), Moore, J. (Co-Principal), Schultz-Jones, B. (Co-Principal), Smith, D.L. (Supporting), Elkins, A. (Supporting), Marino, J. (Supporting), "Preparing Librarians for Data Literacy Leadership," sponsored by Institute of Museum and Library Services, Federal, Funded. (2018 - 2019).
• Evans, S.A., "We Need Diverse Voices: Multicultural Adolescents Critically Analyzing Multicultural Picture Books," sponsored by Young Adult Library Services Association / Voices of Youth Advocates, National, Funded. (2017 - 2018).

Grant - Teaching

• Evans, S.A. (Principal), "Faculty Summer Grant," sponsored by University of North Texas Provost Office, University of North Texas, $2500 Funded. (2021 - 2021).