Education
Master of Library and Information Science, St. Catherine University, Saint Paul, Minnesota (2015)
Master of Science, Biology, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2011)
Bachelor of Arts, Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (2008)
Professional Experience
Instructor of Library Data Services & Research, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado (August 2022 – Present)
Sciences Librarian, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, (July 2020- August 2022)
Faculty Engagement Librarian for the Sciences and Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (January 2016 – June 2020)
Publications
Burns, H., Corn, M., Culley, J., Fell, S., Jones, S., Miskey, C., Nugent, R., Orozco, R., Sterling, B., & Weeks, A. (2022) Working Towards Tenure Together: Creating an Intersectional Peer Supported Cohort Model. In the Library with the Lead Pipe. https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2022/tenuredtogether/
McBurney, J., Brown, S. J., Gyendina, M., Hunt, S., Orozco, R., Peper, M., Valentine, G., Wiggins, B., & Younger, K. (2021). “A Supernova that Sparks in Every Direction”: A Long-Term Assessment of the Research Sprints Faculty Engagement Program. [Manuscript accepted for publication]. College & Research Libraries. https://hdl.handle.net/11299/243027.
Cornelius, C. E., Morris, S. E., Orozco, R. A., & Peper, M. T. (2019). Research Support Services for the Field of Indigenous Studies. KU ScholarWorks. http://hdl.handle.net/1808/27712
Wiggins, B., Hunt, S., Younger, K., Peper, M., Brown, S., Albin, T., McBurney, J., & Orozco, R. (2019). Research Sprints: A new model of support. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 45(4), 420-422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2019.01.008
Younger, K., & Orozco, R. A. (2018). Breaking it Down: Flipping Library Instruction for Non-Traditional Undergraduate Engineers. In J. Mattson & K. L. Oberlies (Eds.), Framing Information Literacy: Teaching Grounded in Theory, Pedagogy, and Practice. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries. https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/1808/26451
Wiygul Branstiter, C., Orozco, R. A., Orth-Alfie, C., & Younger, K. (2018). Pizzagate and a slice of free speech: Media literacy outside of the classroom. College & Research Library News, 79(8), 430. https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.79.8.430
Preston, J. C., Jorgensen, S. A., Orozco, R. A., & Hileman, L. C. (2015). Paralogous SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPL) Genes Differentially Regulate Leaf Initiation and Reproductive Phase Change in Petunia. Planta, 234, 429-440. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-015-2413-2
Hartman, J. C., Nippert, J. B., Orozco, R. A., & Springer, C. J. (2011). Potential ecological impacts of switchgrass(Panicum virgatum L.) biofuel cultivation in the Central Great Plains, USA. Biomass and Bioenergy 35(8), 3415-3421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.04.055
Springer, C. J., Orozco, R. A., Kelly, J. K. & Ward, J. K. (2008) Atmospheric CO2 influences the expression of floral-initiation genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist, 178(1): 63-67. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02387.x