Heath Umbreit

Heath Umbreit, MLIS (they/them) is the adult services librarian at Morrill Memorial Library in Massachusetts. At Drexel University, they earned their master’s in Library & Information Sciences, conferred in 2014. Their career as a librarian spans over a decade; they started as a part-time circulation assistant at their local public library in 2011 before working as a temp assistant at MIT Libraries (2014-2016) and then as the information services librarian at Sharon Public Library (2016-2021). Mis- and disinformation has been a professional and personal interest of theirs for several years; their study of the phenomenon focuses on a critical examination of popular narratives about disinformation, the concept of epistemic supremacy, and the ways in which information and disinformation intersect with systemic power differentials in American society. As a nonbinary trans person, Heath intentionally brings a unique perspective to the field of professional librarianship and centers the values of equity, access, and social justice in their work.