To view my current and past employment experiences, view my resume as a PDF.
Publications
- Péron, M., Moody, M., & Karasic, V. (2022). Stitching the Fragmented: Feminist Maker Pedagogy and Immersive Technologies for Cultural Learning. Digital Humanities Quarterly. 16(2). Available at: http://digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/16/2/000614/000614.html
- Péron, M., & Karasic, V. (2020). Stitching the Fragmented: 360° Videos for Language and Culture Learning. Frameless: 3(1), Article 10. Available at: https://scholarworks.rit.edu/frameless/vol3/iss1/10
- Karasic, V. (2016, Oct). From Commons to Classroom: The Evolution of Learning Spaces in Academic Libraries. Journal of Learning Spaces. 5(2). Available at: https://www.digitalgreensboro.org/record/601384
- Karasic, V., & Vedantham, A. (2015). Video Creation Tools for Language Learning: Lessons Learned. In D. Dixon & C. Fuchs (Eds.), Researching Language Learner Interactions Online: From Social Media to MOOCs, (pp. 107-128). CALICO. Available at: http://repository.upenn.edu/library_papers/87/
Presentations
- “We Fixed Monitoring, and So Can You! (Movie Narrator’s Voice: “No, They Did Not),” co-presentation with Beck Davis and Denzil Phillips at Code4Lib 2025 in Princeton, NJ, March 11, 2025
- “Developing Developers: Creating an Organizational Safety Net to Tackle Imposter Syndrome,” poster session with Robert-Anthony Lee-Faison at Educause Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, October 11, 2023
- “Our Path to Development: Creating an Organizational Safety Net to Tackle Imposter Syndrome Among Developers,” co-presentation with Robert-Anthony Lee-Faison at Code4Lib 2023 in Princeton, NJ, Mar. 16, 2023
- “From Survival to Sustainability: Strategies for Long-Term Educational Technology Inclusivity,” co-presentation with Christine Boyland and Maria Ocando Finol at vCLAC Virtual Conference, June 22, 2021
- “Stitching the Fragmented: 360° Videos for Language and Culture Learning,” co-presentation with Mélanie Péron at Frameless 2020 Virtual Symposium, Nov. 19, 2020
- “Stitching the Fragmented: Critical Making as a Strategy for Language and Culture Learning,” co-presentation with Meaghan Moody and Mélanie Péron at T3 + BlendLAC Virtual Conference, July 20-24, 2020
- “Developing Digital Competencies: How to Build a Digital Competencies Program,” co-presentation with Christine Boyland, Maria Ocando Finol, and Jennifer Spohrer, NERCOMP Workshop in Radnor, PA, Dec. 4, 2019
- “Mapping WWII Paris,” co-presentation with Mélanie Péron at NEALLT 2019 in Philadelphia, PA, Apr. 6, 2019
- “PennImmersive: A Framework for Technology & Learning Spaces at Penn Libraries,” co-presentation with Meaghan Moody at AV-SIG: Ivy+ Classroom and Learning Spaces Technology Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 5, 2019
- “Mapping Occupied Paris and Its Places of Non-Memory: A Collaborative Digital Humanities Project,” co-presentation with Mélanie Péron at NEALLT 2018 in Ithaca, NY, Mar. 3, 2018
- “The Digital Media Literacy Workshop Series: Equipping Our Communities with Competency-Based Knowledge,” lightning-round presentation at ACRL/DVC in Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 17, 2017
- “From Special Collections to Twitter: Library and Social Media as Laboratory for Becoming a Citizen of the World,” co-presentation at NEALLT 2017 in Allentown, PA, March 4, 2017
- “Branding the Commons: Connecting to Libraries, Faculty, and Students,” Roundtable Discussion co-presentation at ACRL 2015 in Portland, OR
- “From Commons to Classroom: Evolving Learning Spaces in Academic Libraries,” co-presentation at the PaLA Annual Conference in Lancaster, PA, September 30, 2014
- “Social Media Tech Tools,” presentation at the PhillyDH@Penn Unconference, Penn Libraries, June 20, 2014
Awards and Certifications
- Spot Award (service outage restoration), Princeton University, December 2025
- Tiger Award (Library website migration), Princeton University, December 2024
- Red Hat System Administration I (RH124), Red Hat virtual course, December 2022
- Essentials of Management, University of Pennsylvania Human Resources Leadership Development Program, Cohort 38, June 2018
- Introduction to Text Encoding, Library Juice Academy online course, May 2016
