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California Institute of the Arts

Dot Donovan

Pronouns: Library of Information Resources

Reference and Instruction Librarian

Dot Donovan headshot
Email address: ddonovan@calarts.edu
Office address:
California Institute of the Arts
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, California 91355
Degrees:
  • PhD
    University of Denver
  • MA
    University of Denver
  • MA
    Brown University
  • BA
    University of Iowa

Dr. Dot Donovan (they/them). Dot comes to CalArts by way of Denver, but grew up in Southern California. They are the Reference & Instruction Librarian, and liaison to the School of Critical Studies. Dot has skills in instruction, special collections and archives, and conservation. 

They have a masters in Library & Information Science from the University of Denver, a doctorate in Writing & Literature from the University of Denver, a masters in Literary Arts from Brown University, and a bachelors in English from the University of Iowa where they also took graduate courses at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. They have published one book. Dot has been teaching since 2009. In their spare time they read, write, and cause trouble on bikes.