Rachel Hammer
Transfer Support Librarian
Research and Outreach Services

Liaison Areas: Anthropology, sociology, criminal justice, psychology, veterinary science, geology,
chemistry
Rachel Hammer is the Transfer Support Librarian at the University of Wyoming Libraries. In this role, she coordinates the Libraries’ efforts to aid transfer students, as well as providing library instruction and research help.
Her research interests include information literacy instruction, the role of humor in an academic setting, 20th century British literature, and detective fiction. Rachel enjoys baking, photography, amigurumi crochet, musical theatre, and reading cookbooks.
Selected Publications & Presentations:
Hammer, R. (2022). Library anxiety and librarian humor: How to find Nessie. College & Research Libraries News, 83(5), 211–212. https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.83.5.211
Hammer, R. (2023). Periodicals, newsies, and suffrage: Votes for Women in Suffragette Sally. Feminist Modernist Studies, 6(1), 36–41.
Hammer, R. (2023). Periodicals, newsies, and suffrage: Votes for Women in Suffragette Sally. Feminist Modernist Studies, 6(1), 36–41.
Education:
- MLIS, Library and Information Science, University of Denver
- MA, English, University of Northern Colorado
- BA, English, University of Northern Colorado

