Olivia Patterson

Olivia Patterson (she/her) is the student success librarian at J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The first to hold this position at Atkins Library and a 2021 graduate of University of North Carolina Greensboro’s library and information science program, Olivia brings a critical and student-centered approach to her role, emphasizing the importance of supporting students as whole people. Using her undergraduate degree in sociology from UNC Asheville (‘18), Olivia applies critical theory surrounding race, class, gender, sexuality, and disability (and intersections thereof) to her work.