With her varied experiences in the sciences, health sciences, scholarly communication, teaching, and management, KT brings an optimistic and inclusive perspective to the leadership of the Washington & Lee Library. Her interests focus on asking questions about – and driving change in – the future of libraries. She is currently focused on building inclusive and equitable library environments for people with disabilities and people of color, the recruitment and retention of library staff and faculty of color, and crowdsourcing/citizen science as a model for information literacy in the sciences. KT serves as the Higginbotham University Librarian at Washington & Lee University and a Professor in the Digital Culture and Information program. She holds degrees from Harvard University (BA in Biology), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (MSLS), and Arizona State University (EdD in Leadership and Innovation). KT served as the President of the Virginia Library Association in 2021-22, and has also been active in ALA, ACRL, Core, the Medical Library Association, ASIS&T, and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.