Faculty

DeeDee Baldwin
Associate Professor / Engagement Librarian
- dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu
- (662) 325-2838
- Mitchell Memorial Library, 2nd floor, Research, Instruction, and Outreach
Education
MLIS 2014 The University of Alabama
Subject specialty
- Gender Studies
- Honors College
- Philosophy and Religion
Areas of expertise
- Finding articles
- Primary sources
- Genealogy
- African American history

Megan Bean
Assistant Professor of Practice / Copyright & Intellectual Property Officer
- mbean@library.msstate.edu
- (662) 325-4619
- Mitchell Memorial Library, 2nd Floor, Office 2310
Education
JD 2000 Duke Law
BA (Law & Society) 1993 University of California Santa Barbara
Subject specialty
- Copyright

Blair Booker
Assistant Professor / Distance Education Librarian
- bbooker@library.msstate.edu
- (662) 325-0952
- Mitchell Memorial Library 2nd floor Office 2326
Education
MLIS 2007 University of Alabama
BS (English/music minor) 2004 University of North Alabama
Subject specialty
- Architecture
- Building Construction Science
- Geosciences
- Housing Insecurity/Instability and Affordability
- Interior Design
- Landscape Architecture
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Physics and Astronomy
- Templeton Athletic Center
- Universal Design
Areas of expertise
- Research skills
- Citation
- Information literacy
- Online education

Education
MLIS 2004 Louisiana State University
MA (History) 2003 Louisiana Tech University
Subject specialty
- Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Agricultural Economics
- Animal and Dairy Science
- Extension
- Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion
- Forestry
- Human Sciences
- Plant and Soil Sciences
- Poultry Science
- Sustainable Bioproducts
- Veterinary Medicine
- Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Areas of expertise
- Philippine libraries during the American colonial period

Melody Dale
Associate Professor / Education and Business Librarian
- mdale@library.msstate.edu
- (662) 325-3792
- Mitchell Memorial Library, 2nd Floor, Office 2304
Education
MLIS (Library and Information Science), 2012, University of Southern Mississippi
Subject specialty
- Business
- Counseling, Higher Education Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations
- Education
- Industrial Technology, Instructional Design, and Community College Leadership
- Kinesiology
- Management and Information Systems
- Marketing, Quantitative Analysis and Business Law
- Music
- Teacher Education and Leadership

Subject specialty
- Communication
- Journalism
- Political Science and Public Administration
- Psychology
- Research Skills
- Sociology

Joy DuBose
Associate Professor / Extended Reality and Gaming Librarian
- jdubose@library.msstate.edu
- (662) 325-3759
- Mitchell Memorial Library, First Floor, Room 1401
Education
Master's in Library and Information Science, University of Southern Mississippi
Subject specialty
- Extended Reality
- Video Games
Areas of expertise
- Video games and extended reality in research

Christine Lea Fletcher
Associate Professor / Government Information Librarian
Subject specialty
- Government Information
- Law

Dr. Deborah Lee
Professor / Associate Dean for Research, Teaching & Engagement
- dlee@library.msstate.edu
- (662) 325-0810
- Mitchell Memorial Library, Third Floor, Room 3058
Education
PhD (Business Administration/Economics) 2005 Mississippi State University
MSBA (Economics/Business Quantitative Analysis) 1998 Mississippi State University
MS (Library and Information Science) 1990 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BA (Political Science/Latin American Studies) 1984 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Subject specialty
- Business
- Finance and Economics
- Library and Information Sciences
- Management and Information Systems
- Statistical Packages
Areas of expertise
- Research
- Graduate Student Services
- Data Science
- Economics of Information

Dr. Anne E. Marshall
Executive Coordinator, Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library and Museum / Ulysses S. Grant Association

Education
J.D, New York Law School, 2012
MLIS in Archives, University of Pittsburgh, 2003
BA in English, Davidson College, 1997
Subject specialty
- Historic Preservation
- Music
- Universal Design
Areas of expertise
- Genealogy
- Legal records of enslaved persons in Mississippi
- Community cookbooks

KC New
Assistant Professor / Humanities Librarian
- knew@library.msstate.edu
- (662) 325-8403
- Mitchell Memorial Library, 2nd Floor, Office 2324
Subject specialty
- Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures
- Art
- Art History
- Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures
- English
- Foreign Languages
- Graphic Design
- Humanities
- Interior Design
- Linguistics
- Photography
- Research Skills
- Universal Design

Dr. Lis Pankl
Professor / Dean of Libraries
- lis@library.msstate.edu
- (662) 325-3061
- Dean's Suite, 3rd Floor, Mitchell Memorial Library
Education
PhD, Geography, Kansas State University
MPA, University of Utah
MLS, University of North Texas
MA, English, Abilene Christian University
BA, English, Washington State University
Areas of expertise
- Academic Libraries
- Organizational Development
- Higher Education
- Critical & Cultural Geographies

Jessica Perkins-Smith
Associate Professor/University Archivist
Subject specialty
- African American Studies

Dr. Ryan P. Semmes
Professor / Director of Research, Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library
- rsemmes@library.msstate.edu
- (662) 325-9355
- Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library
Education
PhD (History) 2020 Mississippi State University
MA (Public History) 2002 University of South Carolina
MLIS (Library and Information Science) 2001 University of South Carolina
Subject specialty
- History
Areas of expertise
- Archives
- Public History
- Reconstruction
- 19th Century Foreign Policy

Dr. Carolina M. Siniscalchi
Assistant Professor / Data Science Coordinator
- csiniscalchi@library.msstate.edu
- (662) 325-9346
- Mitchell Memorial Library, Second floor, Office 2308
Education
PhD (Biology - Botany) 2018 Universidade de São Paulo
MS (Biology - Botany) 2012 Universidade de São Paulo
BS (Biology) 2010 Universidade de São Paulo
Subject specialty
- Data Science
Areas of expertise
- Data Science
- Bioinformatics
- Statistical analysis
- Systematics and Phylogenetics
- Botanical Taxonomy

Anita Winger
Associate Professor of Practice / Discovery, Systems & Innovation Librarian
- awinger@library.msstate.edu
- (662) 325-7681
- Mitchell Memorial Library, 1st Floor in the Systems Department
Education
MLIS, 2023, University of Southern Mississippi
BS (Secondary Education, Math), 1987, Tennessee Temple University
Areas of expertise
- Web-scale discovery services
- All things that deal with the integrated library system (ILS) and the discovery interface
- Mississippi Library Partnership Consortium

Subject specialty
- Aerospace Engineering
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Biological Sciences
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Entomology and Plant Pathology
- Health / Medicine
- Industrial and Systems Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Patent
- Standards