Denise E. Agosto, Ph.D.

Denise E. Agosto, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the College of Information Science & Technology at Drexel University. Her research interests include public libraries, diversity issues in youth library services, youth information behavior, and gender and information behavior. Dr. Agosto has published more than 60 articles and book chapters in these areas, and she frequently speaks about her research at state and national conferences. She has received numerous awards for her research and teaching, including the 2007 Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award, the Drexel University 2007 Outstanding Contribution to Online Learning Award, and a number of funded research grants and fellowships. She is the Chair of the American Library Association's Library Research Round Table (LRRT), a member of the Lubuto Library Project's Lubuto Collections and Programs Advisory Council, and serves on the editorial boards of Library & Information Science Research, Children's Literature in Education, and The Journal of Information Technology Education (JITE). She was awarded the 2014 OCLC/ALISE Library and Information Science Research Grant award for her project titled "A New Role for Libraries: Promoting Teens' Safety and Security in the Digital Age.