Biography

Donna Harp Ziegenfuss, EdD, a librarian at the University of Utah, has over fifteen years of experience working in academic libraries, twelve years of experience in instructional design and teaching in traditional, hybrid, and online formats, and fifteen years of experience working in the area of faculty and professional development. As a qualitative researcher, she is interested in understanding how student dispositions and perceptions impact student success, as well as how conceptual change theory can be applied to develop reflective and engaged teaching and research librarians. Her research interests focus on technology integration, library instruction and assessment, instructional design, librarian identity, academic leadership, and qualitative research.

Donna also teaches as an adjunct faculty in the Educational Leadership & Policy department in the UNiversity of Utah College of Education