Reanna Esmail is the Lead Librarian for Instruction at Cornell University. Working in Olin Library’s Research and Learning Services Department, she oversees the library’s information literacy program, and serves as the Library Liaison to the Latinx Studies Program and the Asian American Studies Program. Prior to her promotion in July 2021, Reanna was the Outreach and Engagement Librarian at Cornell and previously a Digital Assets Management Intern at the Corning Museum of Glass. She holds an MS in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an MA in English from the Freie Universität Berlin, and a BA in English from the University of California, Berkeley. As a library instructor, Reanna is particularly interested in critical pedagogy and providing services for various campus communities, especially those that have historically been underserved and underrepresented. Reanna currently serves as a blogger for the Office of Intellectual Freedom in the American Library Association (ALA).
Privacy Specialties
- Anti-Doxxing
- Community Empowerment
- Philosophy of Privacy
- Privacy Education
- Privacy in Academic Libraries
- Social Justice and Privacy
- Targeted Online Harassment
