Title

Trent Dunkin

Institutional Repository Librarian
(225) 578-4194
tdunkin@lsu.edu
202 LSU Library

Responsibilities

  • Serves as primary contact for issues relating to the institutional repository
  • Manages and organizes materials held within the institutional repository 
  • Works with faculty and staff from various campus departments and units to develop and strengthen the institutional repository

Experience

  • LSU Libraries, Institutional Repository Librarian, 2022-present
  • LSU Libraries, Resource Sharing Specialist, 2019-2022
  • LSU Online & Continuing Education, Learner Specialist, 2010-2019

Education

  • Master of Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University, 2021
  • Master of Arts, Romance Languages, University of New Orleans, 2019
  • Bachelor of Arts, English, Louisiana State University, 2011
  • Bachelor of Arts, French, Louisiana State University, 2010

Presentations

Publications

  • Dunkin, S. Trent (2023). "Tumultuous Devotions: Female Entrapment & Empowerment in the Lais of Marie de France", Tête à Tête, vol. 2, October 2023
  • Dunkin, S. Trent (2020). "Une Erreur Triomphante: La Façon dont J'ai Découvert Ma Passion pour la Langue Française", American Journal of French Studies
  • Dunkin, S. Trent (2019). "Mes Sentiments sur la Langue Française en Louisiane", American Journal of French Studies

Service

  • Member, LSU Libraries Assessment Committee, 2023-present 
  • Member, American Library Association (ALA), 2022-present
  • Member, Modern Language Association (MLA), 2022-present
  • Member, LSU Friends of French Studies, 2019-present
  • Member, LSU Libraries Diversity Committee, 2020-2022
    • Chair, 2021-2022

Certifications

  • Repository Manager Certification, Elsevier (2023)

Awards

  • LSU 10 Year Service Award (2023)
  • Louisiana Volunteer Service Award, State of Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor (2022)
  • Certificate of Commendation for the successful completion of the America, My Oyster Association's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Empathy Program, Office of the Mayor-President, City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge (2022)
  • Stewart G. Wolf Prize for Excellence in Linguistics (2018)

Research Interests

  • Academic Librarianship
  • Digital Libraries and Repositories 
  • French and Romance Philology
  • Medieval England and France 
  • Old French Language and Literature

ORCID ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7971-4377