Michael Peper

Michael Peper
  • Associate Librarian
  • Head of the Center for Faculty & Staff Initiatives and Engagement

Contact Info

785-864-7056
Watson Library, 450

Personal Links

Biography —

<div class="">KU Libraries Faculty Center coordinates library support for faculty research and teaching efforts in all disciplines at KU. The individual members achieve this through teaching, research, and collections support of humanities scholars, community engagement, evidence synthesis, and sparking creativity in the Libraries' makerspace. I personally support faculty and graduate students through consultation and research partnership on evidence synthesis (e.g. systematic reviews) projects.</div>

Selected Publications —

Zeedan, R., Bishop Simmons, S., Peper, M. (2026). Evaluating the impact of a digital mapping assignment on student learning, engagement, and transferable skills. Frontiers in Education - Volume 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2025.1718028.
Kang, J., Park, T., Yi, E., Peper, M. (2025). Ecosocial work and social work education: a scoping review of literature on teaching and curriculum development in ecosocial work. Social Work Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2025.2555576.
Mcburney, J., Brown, S., Gyendina, M., Hunt, S., Orozco, R., Peper, M., Valentine, G., Wiggins, B., Younger, K. (2024). “A Supernova that Sparks in Every Direction”: A Long-Term Assessment of the Research Sprints Faculty Engagement Program. College and Research Libraries - Issue 2 | Volume 85. https://doi.org/10.5860/CRL.85.2.145.
Kidwai, J., Sharma, S., Peper, M., Brumberg, J. (2023). Investigating NIBS for language rehabilitation in aphasia. Aphasiology - Issue 8 | Volume 37. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2022.2089972.
Peper, M. (2022). A Comprehensive Survey of Research Library Organizational Structure. Library Leadership & Management - Issue 1 | Volume 36. https://doi.org/10.5860/llm.v36i1.7514.
Wiggins, B., Hunt, S., Mcburney, J., Younger, K., Peper, M., Brown, S., Albin, T., Orozco, R. (2019). Research sprints: A new model of support. Journal of Academic Librarianship - Issue 4 | Volume 45. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ACALIB.2019.01.008.

Selected Presentations —

Indigenous Inquiry: Seeking to Understand and Better Support Indigenous Studies Scholars on U.S. Occupied Institutional Land - Association of College and Research Libraries. Location: Cleveland, OH. (4-13-2019).
Taking Stock: Conducting an Engagement Inventory - The Collective. Location: Knoxville, TN. (3-02-2018).
Research Sprints as Engagement Tool for Librarians and Faculty - CNI Fall 2017 Membership Meeting. Location: Washington, D.C. (12-11-2017).
From Student to Scholar: Supporting Evidence Synthesis Projects in the Curriculum - ACRL 2025. Location: Minneapolis, MN. (4-03-2025).

Awards & Honors —

ACRL 2019 Mid-Career Scholarship. Association of College and Research Libraries. Received: 4-30-2019.