Curriculum Vitae

Education

Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership, May 2025
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Master of Library and Information Science, May 2011
San Jose State University

Bachelor of Arts, January 2008
California State University, Fullerton
Major: Communications, emphasis in Advertising

Professional Experience

Associate Librarian –Research/Instruction (Tenured, Full-Time Faculty)
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona,  August 2024 – present

  • Head of Research & Instruction Services, February 2025 – present

Senior Assistant Librarian –Research/Instruction (Tenure-Track, Full-Time Faculty)
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona,  July 2019 – August 2024

  • Interim Co-Head of Research & Instruction Services, June 2023 – February 2025

Assistant Librarian –Reference/Instruction (Lecturer, Full Time, Faculty)
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona,  March 2017 – June 2019

Adjunct Professor, Librarian –Reference/Instruction (Faculty)
Mt. San Antonio College,  June 2013 – June 2019

Assistant Professor, Librarian (Tenure-Track, Full-Time, Faculty)
Los Angeles Community College District, October 2013 – March 2017
Los Angeles Trade-Technical College

Adjunct Professor, Librarian (Faculty)
Chaffey College, January 2012 – December 2014

Visiting Assistant Professor, Librarian (Full-Time, Faculty)
University of Redlands, Armacost Library, September 2012 – June 2013
 
Librarian (As-Needed)
Los Angeles Public Library, July 2011 –October 2013

Courses

LIB 1500: Information Literacy for the Digital Age

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Publications

Romero, S. N. (in press). From public library staff to academic librarian: A Latina librarian’s journey to academic librarianship. In M. Vrkljan & S. Bond, (Eds.), Staff to Librarian: Shifting in the Academic Library. [Manuscript in preparation]. ACRL.

Romero, S. N. & Hottinger, P. R. (in press). Being your whole self: Teaching with trust, respect, empathy, compassion and humility in a credit-bearing course – An action research study. In E. Rodriguez, (Ed.), Teaching the Whole Student: Compassionate Instruction in the Academic Library. [Manscript in preparation]. ACRL. 

Romero, S. N. (2024). Accepting my own worth: Reflecting and healing from “imposter experience” as a Latina librarian in academia. In A. M. Leftwich & E. M. Rios-Alvarado, (Eds.), Building our own: Critiques, narratives, and practices from BIPOC community college workers in LIS. Litwin Books.

Romero, S. N., Gomez-Hernandez, E. V., & Loera, A. V. (2024). Coming together as a comunidad: Sharing our Latinx stories and culture. In I. Soto-Luna & S. Browning, (Eds.), Serving Hispanic, Latine, and Latinx students in academic libraries. Litwin Books.

Haren, S. M., Romero, S., Hottinger, P. R., & DeJonge, E. (2020, August). Using Wikipedia for project-based learning in information literacy instruction. Journal of New Librarianship. https://www.newlibs.org/article/14359-using-wikipedia-for-project-based-learning-in-information-literacy-instruction

Romero, S. (2020, April). Sustainability and academic libraries. American Libraries Magazine. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/sustainability-and-academic-libraries/

Romero, S. (2019). Mixing sustainability and fashion: A new taste at repurposing clothing through clothing swaps & DIY T-shirt tote bags. In R. Pun & G. L. Shaffer (Eds.). Sustainable library’s cookbook. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.

Presentations

Romero, S. N. (2025, May 21). Experiences of Latina faculty librarians at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in California [Virtual lighting talk]. Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Women & Gender Studies Section (WGSS) Research Committee Lightning Talks 2025.

Romero, S. N. & Hottinger, P. R. (2025, January 15-16). Safe spaces and psychological safety for students: Adopting the fearless classroom model within research collaborations [Workshop presentation]. Academic Innovation 2025 Winter Institute, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA, United States.

Romero, S. N. (2024, October 15). Fearless Campus Forum [Panelist]. Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA, United States.  

Romero, S. N. & Hottinger, P. R. (2024, July 15-18). Classroom of resistance: Challenging systems of oppression in information literacy and implementing anti-racist content in course curriculum [Conference session]. Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Libraries & Archives (IDEAL) Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. https://hdl.handle.net/1807/139267

Romero, S. N. & Hottinger, P. R. (2023, March 15-18). Being fearless: Using an equity minded classroom [Virtual conference session]. ARCL 2023: Forging the Future, Pittsburg, PA, United States. https://web.cvent.com/event/2c47cb63-a540-46a6-b561-c93f75c86d12/summary

Romero, S. & Hottinger, P. (2022, November 10-11). Measuring students’ sense of belonging through the adaptation of a fearless classroom model [Research presentation]. IRDL Online Research Conference: Discovering the Unexpected in Library Research Design. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/irdlconference/2022/conferenceprogram/10/

Romero, S. & Hottinger, P. (2022, March 31-April 4). Equity minded classroom pedagogy: Adopting a fearless classroom model [Poster session]. CARL Conference 2022: The Equity Minded Academic Library. https://conf2022.carl-acrl.org/schedule/

Hawthorne, P. Romero, S. & Hahn, A. (2021, June 2-4). Campus resources panel: Library resources & services for faculty [Workshop session]. Learn Through Discovery (LTD) 2021 Summer Institute, Pomona, CA, United States. https://www.cpp.edu/learndiscovery/faculty-and-staff/ltd-institutes.shtml#past-institutes

Romero, S. & Shen, J. (2020, June 4-5). Supporting students with children: The roles of the university and the library [Conference poster presentation]. CARL 2020 Conference, Virtual. https://conf2020.carl-acrl.org/2020/06/01/supporting-students-with-children-the-roles-of-the-university-and-the-library/

Romero, S., Bidwell, J. A., & Hottinger, P. R. (2018, August 21). Library 101 workshops: Emphasizing basic skills [Conference poster presentation]. Cal Poly Pomona 2018 Stories of Successful Learning, Pomona, CA, United States. https://www.cpp.edu/academic-programs/program-review/Documents/stories-of-successful-learning-abstracts-and-posters.pdf

Hottinger, P. R., Romero, S., Bidwell, J. A., & Lin, F. W. (2018, June 12-15). Library 101 workshops: Emphasizing basic skills [Conference presentation]. The Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science- Library Science Symposium, Pomona, CA, United States. http://webpages.sou.edu/AAASPD/Proceedings/Proceedings37-WEB-LowRes.pdf

Romero, S. & Mak, L. (2018, April 13-15). Using your public library as a partner: Cal Poly Pomona University Library and County of Los Angeles Public Library’s MākMō (Maker Mobile) [Conference poster presentation abstract]. CARL 2018 Conference, Redwood City, CA, United States. http://conf2018.carl-acrl.org/session/using-your-public-library-as-a-partner-cal-poly-pomona-university-library-and-county-of-los-angeles-public-librarys-makmo-maker-mobile/

Romero, S. (2016, August 10-13). The value of libraries: Outreaching to our child development center [Conference lightning round session: Academic libraries’ services/program to non-traditional users]. National Diversity in Libraries Conference, Los Angeles, CA, United States. https://www.library.ucla.edu/events/national-diversity-libraries-conference

Romero, S. (2016, March 31-April 2). The value of libraries: Outreach to our child development center [Conference poster presentation]. CARL 2016 Conference, Costa Mesa, CA, United States.  http://conf2016.carl-acrl.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Romero-CARL-2016-Poster.pdf [Abstract]

Romero, S. (2015, August 3). Outreach to your child development center [Conference presentation]. 2015 LILi Conference, Los Angeles, CA, United States. https://lili.libguides.com/lili/2015_conf

Samuel, J. & Romero, S. (2104, June 26-July 1). Measuring information literacy success: From one-shot basic skills workshop to embedded librarian in California Acceleration Project [Conference poster presentation]. ALA Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, United States.  

Romero, S. (2014, May 30-31). ALA Knowledge Alliance essential information workshop [Workshop panel], ALA Knowledge Alliance, Los Angeles, CA, United States. http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/04/essential-information-workshops-prepare-prospects-graduate-education-and

Romero. S. (2014, May 3). Outreaching to your child development center [Conference presentation]. California Community College Library Unconference, Santa Barbara, CA, United States. https://libguides.sbcc.edu/c.php?g=983754&p=7117119

Grants/Funding

2025-26 Community Wellness Grant, Tri-City Mental Health, Community Leader

2025-26 Strategic Interdiscplinary Research Grant Program (SIRG), Cal Poly Pomona, PI

2019-2020 Children’s Learning Center in the University Library, Cal Poly Pomona, Co-PI

Awards

2021 Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence (CAFE) Wall of Celebrating Outstanding Opportunities for Learning (COOL) Recipient, Cal Poly Pomona.

Recognition

2025 Keynote Speaker, Womxn’s Resource Center (WRC) Graduation Ceremony 2025, Cal Poly Pomona