About Me
What I do
Currently I am a PhD candidate at the University of Denver studying research methods and statistics. Before that I worked as an academic reference librarian for three years at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. In my spare time I love to lounge with my cats, blog, tinker, and enjoy the outdoors.
Places to Find My Work
Books
Teaching Google Scholar: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Practical Guides for Librarians Series). (July, 2016). Rowman & Littlefield.
Academic Publications and Presentations
Alfonzo A & Foust C. (2018). “Ashe!:” A Media Ecology of the 2015 University of Missouri Protests. NCA Annual Conference. Salt Lake City, UT.
Alfonzo P & Thompson P. (2018). Analysis of University Twitter Follower Growth Using Latent Growth Modeling. Social Media + Society Annual Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark
Alfonzo P & Batson J. (2014). Utilizing a Co-Teaching Model to Enhance Digital Literacy Instruction for Doctoral Students. International Journal of Doctoral Studies.
Alfonzo P, Sakraida TJ & Hastings-Tolsma M. (2014). Bibliometrics: Visualizing the Impact of Nursing Research. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics, 18(1).
Vincent D, Hastings-Tolsma M, Gebhart S & Alfonzo P. (2014). Nurse Practitioner Clinical Decision-Making and Evidence-Based Practice. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. In Press.
Sakraida TJ, Alfonzo P & Hastings-Tolsma M. Use and Impact of Nursing Theory by New Nurse Scientists. Under Review.
Professional Writing
Computers in Libraries: Using Twitter Hashtags for Information Literacy Instruction (September, 2014)
Edutopia Guest Blog Post: Frictionless Formative Assessment with Social Media
Texas Association for Literacy Education: Summer Literacy Activities, Fangirl (book review), The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place (book review)
Public Service Quarterly Software Reviews of Snapchat (volume 10, issue 4), Stencyl (volume 9, issue 3) and Easel.ly (volume 9, issue 2)
Things I Love
- Steaming cups of tea
- Perfectly brewed espresso at the ideal temperature
- Macaroons and other sinful pastries
- Perusing literature (I am a librarian after all)
- Delving into data