J. Gordon Coleman, Jr.

Associate Professor of Library & Information Studies

Ed.D., Curriculum and Instruction, University of Virginia, 1982.

Before joining the faculty in 1984, Dr. Coleman had been a Vietnamese translator and intelligence analyst with the U.S. Army, an English instructor in a boys’ military school, a high school librarian, and an instructor at Baylor University. His teaching responsibilities include the introductory course for the M.L.S. program, the school library administration course, the doctoral research design course, and internships. His research addresses various aspects of school library management and library education.

Selected Publications:

Coleman, Jr., J. G. (1994). Audiovisual materials and services.  In W. A. Wiegand & D. G. Davis, Jr. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Library History. New York: Garland.

Coleman, Jr., J. G. (1993). Managing change. In B. Carson & J.B. Smith (Eds.), Renewal at the schoolhouse: Management ideas for library media specialists and administrators. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.

Coleman, Jr., J. G. (1992). All seriousness aside: The laughing-learning connection. International Journal of Instructional Media, 19, 269-276.