VanessaEarp

Hi, my name is Vanessa. I'm a doctorate student in Higher Education Administration and Head of Instructional Services for University Libraries along with being the Librarian for the College of Education, Health, and Human Services. I started my doctorate in 2007 as a part time student. It has been slow going and a little frustrating at times. I've been away from my research for awhile and am looking forward to Tuesday's nights to help jumpstart it again. My goal is to finish up my incomplete in research by piloting my instrument by March. After that the goal is to take comps and finish my dissertation proposal by May. My topic deals with academic librarians and plagiarism. In 2012 KSU implemented a new Student Cheating and Plagiarism Policy. Part of the policy deals with the remediation of students who have plagiarized, that program is called plagiarism school and I am the librarian in charge of it (lucky me). I have found it really interesting how different librarians have responded to the idea of working with students who have plagiarized. My dissertation proposal will deal with academic librarians perceptions of their role in plagiarism education and I will be conducting a Q-Study.