Professor Dr. Heather Howard

Biography

Professor Howard joined Purdue University in 2016 as an Assistant Professor in Library Information Studies and has since risen to the role of Associate Professor. With degrees including an MLS from IUPUI and a B.S. in Organizational Leadership & Supervision from Purdue University, she has developed specialized courses and workshops that focus on business information across various disciplines such as Management, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship. In addition to her teaching duties, Professor Howard is actively involved with the Student Soybean Innovation Competition, consulting with competing teams on market research for innovative inventions. Her contributions to the field have been recognized with several prestigious awards, including ATG Media's "Up And Comers" Award in 2017 and the Purdue University Exceptional Early Career Award in 2019. Additionally, she co-founded the Indianapolis Literary Pub Crawl, a fundraising event for adult literacy in central Indiana. Her published works address important topics such as the gender pay gap in academic libraries and teaching evidence-based decision-making.

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