Candidate Information
Christy Anderson, MLIS
NNLM Region 2 Executive Director (MUSC)
Briefly, why are you interested in serving as incoming chair for the Health Humanities Caucus?
● I am interested in serving as Incoming Chair of the Health Humanities Caucus because
the intersection of health, culture, and storytelling has become a major part of what I do.
Before entering librarianship, I worked as a journalist and travel and arts writer. In my
spare time, I also co-founded and hosted free community literary and arts salons through
Fox & Heron Literary Society with local authors and artists. Over the last decade, my
work has spanned academic librarianship, archives, publishing, lifelong learning, and
health information. As Executive Director of NNLM Region 2, I collaborate with health
information professionals across the southeast and am always looking for ways to make
that information more accessible.The Health Humanities Caucus offers a unique space
to explore those connections. I would welcome the opportunity to help support the
caucus’s programming, foster community, and help create engaging discussion.
Bio
Christine Anderson is Executive Director of NNLM Region 2 at the Medical University of
South Carolina. She has a Master of Library and Information Studies and has more than
13 years of experience in academic librarianship, archives, publishing, communications,
and lifelong learning. Her professional interests include cultural heritage, storytelling,
community engagement, and information access. She has served in leadership,
teaching, and outreach roles across higher education and the heritage and information
professions
Olivia DiLeonard
Medical Librarian, Nemours Children’s Hospital; Narrative Medicine Instructor, UCF
College of Medicine
Briefly, why are you interested in serving as incoming chair for the Health Humanities Caucus?
● I have been studying and teaching Narrative Medicine to Nemours associates and
faculty and UCF students and faculty since 2014, and I hold a Professional Certificate in
Narrative Medicine from Columbia University. I am very interested in the intersection of
librarianship with health humanities instruction and activities for students, faculty, and
patients.
Bio
● Olivia DiLeonardo is the medical librarian at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Orlando, and
a medical education instructor at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine.
She holds a Professional Certificate in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University and
has led Narrative Medicine instruction at Nemours and UCF continuously for 12 years.
Kristin Fowler
Library Director at Keiser University in Sarasota, FL
Briefly, why are you interested in serving as incoming chair for the Health Humanities Caucus?
● I would love to get more involved. Something I would like to do is host a virtual book club
with an author visit. Perhaps ask an art therapist to speak to how they work with patients
suffering from chronic illness or in hospice. Perhaps have an art historian interpret a
painting that deals with medicine or health or illness or how art can be healing. I would
love suggestions from the group and always go with the consensus.
Bio
● I am Kristin Fowler. I am a graduate of Simmons University’s MLS program. I have been
an MLA member for two years and I’m looking to get more involved. My undergraduate
studies included art history at Wheaton College in Norton, Ma. I am currently the Library
Director at Keiser University in Sarasota, FL. We have many allied health programs
including nursing, physical therapy assistant, radiology assistant, and medical assisting
Anna Krampl
Assistant Director-Macon Campus, Mercer University Medical School, Skelton Medical
Library
Briefly, why are you interested in serving as incoming chair for the Health Humanities Caucus?
● I love the idea of bringing awareness of humanities and humanities topics into health
science librarianship. Having heard about the previous topics that the caucus has
developed, I would love to help develop and lead sessions.
Bio
● With nearly 20 years of experience as an academic health sciences librarian, my work
focuses on evidence-based medicine, scholarly communications, health literacy. I have
taught physicians, medical students, librarians, and community partners, and since 2020
I help teach medical students mindfulness and lifelong meditative practices that support
reflection and well-being. I am committed to serving rural and underserved communities
through collaborative projects that expand access to health education, emergency
preparedness training, and patient-centered resources, including initiatives focused on
partnering with public libraries to give hemorrhage control training and autism care in
rural Georgia.