Paul Thomas
- Graduate Engagement Librarian
Contact Info
Watson Library, 440
Education —
MLS in Library Science, Emporia State University, 2024
Ph.D. in Library & Information Management, Emporia State University, 2022
M.A. in Social Science, University of Chicago, 2016
B.A. in Anthropology & Classical Antiquity, University of Kansas, 2015
Selected Publications —
- Thomas, Paul A. (2024). The Information Behavior of Wikipedia Fan Editors: A Digital (Auto)ethnography. Lexington Books/Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Thomas, Paul A. (2023). Exploring the Land of Ooo: An Overview and Production History of Cartoon Network's "Adventure Time." University Press of Mississippi.
- Thomas, Paul A. (2022). Inside Wikipedia: How it Works and How You Can Be an Editor. Rowman & Littlefield.
- Thomas, Paul A., Jones, Matthew F., & Mattingly, Spencer G. (2021). "Using Wikipedia to Teach Peer Review: A Creative Approach to Open Pedagogy." Journal of Information Literacy. Vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 178–90. https://doi.org/10.11645/15.2.2913.
- Thomas, Paul A. (2021). "Reverting Ideological Hegemony: Librarians as 'Critical Editors' of Wikipedia." College & Research Libraries. Vol. 82, no. 3, pp. 567–83. https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.82.4.567.
- Thomas, Paul A. (2017). Haunted Lawrence. The History Press/Arcadia Publishing.