About

Christina Riehman-Murphy (she/hers), is the Open and Affordable Educational Resources Librarian at Penn State University. She is a SPARC Open Education Leadership Fellow, a Campus Partner for Affordable Learning PA, a graduate of the inaugural cohort of the Open Education Network’s Certificate in OER Librarianship, and the co-Program Manager of a faculty OER adoption grant. She is the liaison for open initiatives, undergraduate research, nursing, and science and engineering. Her research interests include open education and pedagogy, digital literacy, and the intersection of academic libraries and prayer spaces. She has her MSLS from Clarion University and a BA in English and Secondary Education from The Catholic University of America.

Bryan McGeary (he/his) is the Learning Design and Open Education Engagement Librarian at Penn State University. He is a member of the advisory and review board for PA GOAL, a program funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Education that offers mini-grants to create open and affordable learning projects at institutions across Pennsylvania. He is a 2020-2021 SPARC Open Education Leadership Fellow, an instructor for the Rebus Textbook Success Program and the Open Education Network’s Certificate in OER Librarianship, a member of Affordable Learning Pennsylvania’s steering committee, and co-editor of the peer-reviewed open access journal Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice. His research interests include open pedagogy, the intersections of librarianship and popular culture, and the relationship between place branding and regional identity. He earned a PhD in American Culture Studies and a graduate certificate in Public History from Bowling Green State University, an MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh, and an MS in Journalism from Ohio University.