Samantha Oakley, MLIS (she/her/hers)

Project Director
American Library Association

Samantha Oakley is a project director with the American Library Association’s Public Programs Office; in this position she directs the following efforts: Libraries Transforming Communities, Let's Talk About It: Women's Suffrage, Media Literacy Education in Libraries for Adult Audiences, Community Connect, ALA PPO's annual grant opportunities, online learning, evaluation, and partnerships.

She has a BA in English from Western Illinois University, an MA in Gender Studies from Minnesota State University – Mankato, and a Masters of Library & Information Science (MLIS) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Presentation(s):

• Difficult Conversations: Dealing with Hostility and De-escalating Conflict in the Library

  Saturday, January 28, 2023
  1:00 PM – 4:00 PM