Kendra Cowley

Graduate Research and Engagement Librarian

Research & Outreach Services

Contact Information

(307) 766-6553kcowley@uwyo.edu

Coe Library, Room 304H

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Liaison Areas: American Studies, Communications, English, Gender Studies, Native American Studies, International Studies, Political Science

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Kendra Cowley (she/her) is the Graduate Research and Engagement Librarian. In this role, she serves as the liaison for American Studies, Communication and Journalism, English, Gender Studies, International Studies, Native American Studies, and Political Science.

Before joining UW Libraries, Kendra was a public librarian at the Toronto Public Library where she worked on programs with incarcerated patrons, housing co-ops, and harm reduction advocates. Her research work includes publications on resistance within women’s prisons, settler colonial soundscapes, and the impacts of the toxic drug supply crisis on public libraries.

Education:

  • MLIS, Library and Information Science, University of Alberta
  • MA, Digital Humanities, University of Alberta
  • BA, Political Science, University of Alberta

 

Selected Publications:

Cowley, K. (2024). Taking our lead from women prisoners. Midnight Sun. https://www.midnightsunmag.ca/taking-our-lead-from-women-prisoners/.

Cowley, K. (2023). Unsettling Colonial Mapping: Sonic-Spatial Representations of amiskwaciwâskahikan. In P. BARRETT & S. ROGER (Eds.), Future Horizons: Canadian Digital Humanities (DGO-Digital original, pp. 349–366). University of Ottawa Press. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/75341

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