Cary Stiles joins the Lupton Library as a part-time Reference Librarian. She comes to UTC by way of Regent University in Virginia where she served as a reference assistant while completing a Master of Science in Library and Information Science (MSLIS) degree from Syracuse University. Her academic credentials also include a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree from Mary Baldwin College which led to a career as a middle school Language Arts teacher, as a school library Media Specialist, and also led to her initial interest in academic librarianship. She has a BA in Art History and Mass Communications from James Madison University where she interned at the Visual Resources Center for the School of Art and Art History.
Her interests include reading, dancing, and blogging about being a newlywed and living in Chattanooga.