Romel Espinel

Romel Espinel is a Critical and Inclusive Pedagogy Librarian and Associate Professor at Pratt Institute Library. His research interests and areas of study are libraries, critical pedagogy, social justice, and literature, all with a special focus on working class communities of color in the U.S. and Latin America. As an artist, he explores and creates music, writing, and photography.

M.S. Library & Information Science, Pratt Institute •  M.A. American Literature & Creative Writing, Rutgers University-Newark (in progress) • B.A. English: Creative Writing. Minor: Photography. New Jersey City University.

Selected 

• Espinel, R., & Tewell, E. (2023). Working conditions are learning conditions: Understanding information literacy instruction through neoliberal capitalism. Communications in Information Literacy, 17(2), 573–590.
• Espinel, R., DeWitt, M., McCaffrey, E., Vela Bisbee, K., Evans, G., Hinchliffe, L., (2021).“Gone Phishing: Service Continuity after a Cyber Attack”. Sponsored by Scholarly Networks Security Initiative. Posted in Future of Libraries and Education. CHOICE. Association of Colleges and Research Libraries. Recorded May 20, 2021.
• Espinel, R., Almeida, N., Tewell, E. & Hinchliffe, L. (2018). “From Value to Values: Information Literacy, Capitalism, & Resistance“. Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) National Conference. April 12, 2019. Cleveland, Ohio.
• Espinel, R., Almeida, N., Tewell, E. & Hinchliffe, L. (2018). “Reproducing and Resisting Capitalism through Information Literacy.” Libraries in the Context of Capitalism Symposium. February 2, 2018. Metro NYC.
• Espinel, R (2017). Training Agents of Change: Critical Pedagogy in the Library Instruction Classroom. VALE New Jersey Annual Users’ Conference 2017. Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey. Breakout session
• Espinel, R. (2016). “Question Authority and Be an Authority: The Future Belongs to Us”. Critical Library Pedagogy Handbook: Lesson Plans. Volume 2. Association of College & Research Libraries Press.