Jennifer AW Stubbs

Education

MLIS, San Jose State University

M.Sc.A.E., New Mexico State University

Smolny Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

Licensures / Certifications

Certified Instructor, The Carpentries

Biography

Walking the meditation labyrinth at 3000 W Richwoods.

Professional Experience

Presentations at Gen Con Indy Trade Day, 2024 and 2025

NYU Curriculum Development Grant: Teaching with Wikipedia, 2020

Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary docent, 2005

Teaching

IM 380, 2025 and 2026, Critical Games Studies

IM 180, 2024, Survey of Games

Scholarship

Norton, C., Stubbs, J., Sollinger, A., and T. Ribaric. (May 2026). “Skeptically Defining the Post Reference Epoch” Library Trends. (74) 4, 724-741. doi.org/10.1353/lib.2026.a992002

Stubbs, J. and J. Cox. 2026. ” Building community across a conference with a pervasive game: Muses by Jason Cox.” Play Make Learn Conference, Madison, WI. 

Stubbs, J. and C. Bowers. 2026. “Green Means Go: Applying Zero Sessions in Research and Academia.” Generation Analog 2026. https://youtu.be/lnjCojfmVlM?si=Nvebqr-_PE46HoGj&t=1140

Stubbs, J. 2026. “Please Gamble Responsibly,” [Lightning talk and round table.] Illinois Libraries Association – Illinois Academic and College Research Libraries’ Spring Sampler Conference, April, 22, 2026, online. 

Stubbs, J. and M. Goodridge. 2026. “Approachable, Equitable, Accessible: Libraries as Arcade of Accommodations.” Public Services Quarterly, 1-7.  https://doi.org/10.1080/15228959.2026.2683338. 

Stubbs, J. 2026. “Trust built through games based methods,” [50 min workshop] CARLI Showcase, June 4, 2026, online. 

Stubbs, J. and C. Norton. (2025). “FAZE: Fear Aware Zine Education.” In Critical Information Literacy Applications for All Libraries. Hornick, J. N. & Kehoe, L. (Eds.). ALA Editions. https://alastore.ala.org/libcil (see Chapter 12) 

Barton, C., Double, J. L., Ganeesh, N., James, A., Reed, P., & J. Stubbs, (2025). “Spicy Data Skills Open Science Program with Library Carpentry.” In Bongiovanni, E., Gainey, M., Griego, C., & L. Beltran (Eds.) Open Science Cookbook. ALA Editions. https://alastore.ala.org/open-science-cookbook [See Section 2, Chapter 7] 

Wadland, J., Stubbs, J., Wheeler, J, and S. Martin. 2025. “The Care and Feeding of the Carpentries: Cultivating Inclusive Software Development Communities in Libraries.” at DLF (Digital Libraries Forum), Denver, CO, USA. 

Donovan, K., and J. Stubbs. 2025. “The Non-Academics Guide to Games for Your Classroom: Learning Outcomes Map to mechanics, Not Themes.” GenCon Trade Day. Indianapolis, IN, USA. 

Stubbs, J. (2024). “Index,” in Playframes: How do we know we are playing? by Celia Pearce, MIT Press. 

Johnson, M. and J. Stubbs. 2024. “Connections: Librarians put like things together.” GenCon Trade Day. Indianapolis, IN, USA. 

Stubbs, J. and Lim, E. J. (2023) “Escape From Escape Room Doom: Efficient, Effective Orientation Through Game Mechanics.” LOEX Conference Proceedings, 2023. Harrisburg, PA, USA.  https://commons.emich.edu/loexconf2023/9

Ruslan, S., Lim, E. J., and J. Stubbs. (2021). “Three Non-US Perspectives on the COVID-19 Experience in Libraries.” Critical Pedagogy Symposium. https://criticalpedagogysymposium.org/three-non-us-perspectives-on-the-covid-19-experience-in-libraries/

Service

Bradley University Senator 2025-2026

Interdisciplinary Studies Committee, 2023-2025

Bradley Core Curriculum Committee, 2023-2026

Student Involvement Opportunities

Advisor for Common Ground, 2023-2026