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Sarah Beth Nelson<\/strong><\/a> remembers being enchanted by Pete Seeger\u2019s performance of \u201cThe Foolish Frog,\u201d when she was a youngster. The story of a frog who got the whole countryside singing his song featured repetitive choruses and multiple voices, guaranteed to keep children involved in the story.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nelson, who joined the School of Information Studies as an assistant professor in the fall semester, still enjoys researching and teaching at the intersection of children\u2019s literature and performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her classes focus on preparing librarians, including for children\u2019s story hours. In addition to teaching, she researches oral information practices and open mic story telling. She also performs as a professional storyteller herself.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI like the face-to-face connection between storytellers and listeners.\u201d\u00a0<\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

She was telling stories long before she began to research the field, she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI like the face-to-face connection between storytellers and listeners.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nelson chose information studies as a career because she wanted to combine her interest in research with her interest in performing and adult and children\u2019s literature.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her career path developed when she was a child, Nelson said.\u00a0 Growing up, her mother had taken her to theatre performances.\u00a0She also took part in programs like Odyssey of the Mind and played clarinet and piano, which helped make her comfortable with performing in public, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After earning her degree in school library science at the University of Georgia, she became a school librarian. She then went on to earn her doctorate in library and information science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before joining the School of Information Studies, she taught at UW-Whitewater, where the program was part of the College of Education and Professional Studies.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She decided to come to 51ÁÔÆæ, she said, because she wanted to be part of a school focused on libraries. \u201cIt\u2019s nice being around other library science and information studies colleagues.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nelson enjoys sharing stories with her son, 11, and her daughter, 13, and they often attend storytelling events and festivals together.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While social media and videos filled a gap during the pandemic, they won\u2019t ever replace the in-person experience, she said. \u201cSocial media can be good when it\u2019s hard to get together with people but doesn\u2019t allow the good feeling of face-to face.\u201d Sharing stories In person, she added, is a more vulnerable and genuine experience than digital.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a way, she said, the storyteller and the listener are co-creating the experience together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey can shift and work back and forth. It\u2019s never the same twice.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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