Melody Lee Rood

Melody Lee Rood (she/her) is the director of the Miller Learning Center and student success at the University of Georgia in Athens. Prior to her current position, Melody worked as the student success librarian at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. She received her master’s degree in library and information science from North Carolina Central University in 2016 and her bachelor’s degree in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies from the University of North Carolina Asheville in 2011. Her research interests include outreach for nontraditional students, critical librarianship, open pedagogy, equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice.