Susan Rathbun-Grubb, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: Davis College
803-777-0485
srathbun@mailbox.sc.edu

Dr. Susan Rathbun-Grubb received her PhD from the UNC School of Information and Library Science in 2009, where she taught organization of information, organization of materials, and indexing and abstracting as an adjunct instructor.

Dr. Rathbun-Grubb's doctoral research (Leaving Librarianship: A Study of the Determinants and Consequences of Occupational Turnover) focused on career satisfaction, turnover, and retention in the library and information science field.  She has worked as a Research Scientist on the Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science projects at the UNC Institute on Aging. While at UNC she was named a Future Faculty Fellow and received the Margaret Ellen Kalp Fellowship. A Beta Phi Mu member, she has worked in academic, public, and school libraries, as well as the health information technology industry. She earned her MSLS from the UNC School of Information and Library Science and a MAT and AB from Duke University. 

At the May 2010 graduation ceremony she received the 2010 UNC School of Information and Library Science Adjunct Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence.