Biography
Amy Andres is an Associate Professor in the Libraries at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). She is also the Director of Libraries and Associate University Librarian at the VCU campus in Qatar. Her research areas include leadership practices, neurodivergent leadership, and professional identity in academic libraries and higher education. Andres has published in the Journal of Academic Librarianship and Art Libraries Journal, and has contributed book chapters to the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the series Advances in Library Administration and Organization. Before this position, Andres held library administrative roles in the UAE and California.
Education
- Doctor of Business Administration
Henley Business School, University of Reading
Area: Leadership, Organisations, and Behaviour - M.Sc in Business Research Methods
Henley Business School, University of Reading - M.L.I.S
University College London - M.A. in Art History
California State University, Fresno - B.A. in Art and Design
California State University, Fresno
Continuing Education
- University of Oxford
Saïd Business School
Oxford Executive Leadership Program - Leadership Academy for Academic Chairs and Directors
American Council of Education - Harvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians
Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
Professional Memberships
- Academy of Management
- Association of College and Research Libraries
- British Academy of Management