Gerry Solomon joins USC SLIS as an Instructor, specializing in School Library Media, internships and administration. She has been the School Library Media Consultant with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction's Instructional Technology Division, supporting approximately 2300 media professionals throughout the state with consulting and professional development. She also has been an adjunct instructor at the UNC-Chapel Hill/School of Information and Library Science.
Prior to joining the state agency, Ms. Solomon was a school library media consultant in NC and in the Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools. She began her professional career as a teacher in Fairfax County.
Gerry grew up in Richmond, VA. She and her husband, Paul Solomon, married and lived in Fairfax County for many years until moving to Chapel Hill, NC in 1991. They have two sons, one living in Fayetteville, NC and the other in Birmingham, AL.