GENESIS M.

AGOSTO
gagosto@unl.edu | (402)472-6290 | Lincoln, NE 68583
genthelawlibrarian.weebly.com

EDUCATION
University of South Florida Tampa, Florida
Master of Library and Information Science Summer 2023
University of Nebraska College of Law Lincoln, Nebraska
Juris Doctor Spring 2022
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska
Master of Arts in History Spring 2022
Honors: Dov Ospovat Memorial Award, 2022
DePaul University Chicago, Illinois
Bachelor of Arts in History and Spanish Spring 2018
Study Abroad: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (Fall 2017)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Marvin & Virginia Schmid Law Library
University of Nebraska College of Law Lincoln, Nebraska
Assistant Professor of Law Library & Reference Librarian August 2022 – Present
Teaches legal research in the First Year Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research program; guest lectures in
Advanced Legal Research; provides reference services to all patrons, regardless of university affiliation;
participates and contributes to the College of Law’s activities and outreach programs; conducts research and
publishes scholarship within area of interest; and serves on College of Law and University committees.

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Involuntary Sterilization of Native American Women in the United States: A Legal Approach, 100 NEB. L. REV.
995-1025 (2022).

Speaker, Sexual, and Gendered Violence: Past and Present, War and Genocide – The 2022 James A. Rawley
Graduate Conference in the Humanities

Sterilization on La Isla del Encanto: The Colonial Experience of Puerto Rican Women in the 1970s,
(forthcoming 2023).

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Association of Law Libraries
American Library Association
Mid-American Association of Law Libraries
Nebraska State Bar Association (Admitted 2022)

LANGUAGES
American English – Native proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking
Spanish – Bilingual proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking
French – Limited working proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking