Michael Dudley
Accessibility, International, and Extended Services Librarian
Michael is the coordinator for student outreach services to International students, Accessibility services, and Adult Learners, as well as UW’s ancillary programs including the English Language Program, The Collegiate, the PACE Program, and Access Education programs. Through orientations, instruction, reference assistance, and relationship-building with relevant campus stakeholders, he helps the Library contribute to meeting the University’s obligations under the Accessibility for Manitobans Act, its commitments to the internationalization of education, and the promotion of UW’s stated values of “human dignity, equality, nondiscrimination and diversity.” Michael sits on the UW Accessibility for Manitobans Act Steering Committee (AMASC). He has an extensive interdisciplinary publication record—in particular regarding the Shakespeare authorship question—and, since 2006, has been a regular book reviewer for the Winnipeg Free Press.
Subject and Collections Librarian for:
- History (HIS)
- Theatre and Film (THFM)
- Cultural Studies (GENG)
- Urban and Inner City Studies (UIC)
- PACE (Professional, Applied, and Continuing Education)
Credentials
- Master of City Planning (MCP), University of Manitoba (2001)
- Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), University of Alberta (1993)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Victoria (1986)
Expertise and Research Interests
Historiography of the Shakespeare authorship question; library neutrality; intellectual freedom; academic freedom; biases in library catalouging; philosophy; urbanism.
Featured Scholarly and Professional Work
Books
- Dudley, M.Q. The Shakespeare Authorship Question and Philosophy: Knowledge, Rhetoric, Identity. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023.
- Dudley, M. (Ed.). Public Libraries and Resilient Cities. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2012.
Book Chapters
- Dudley, M. Q. “With Swinish Phrase Soiling Their Addition: Epistemic Injustice, Academic Freedom, and the Shakespeare Authorship Question.” In E. Sengupta & P. Blessinger (Eds.) Teaching and Learning Practices for Academic Freedom (pp. 123-144). Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2055-364120200000034012
- Dudley, M. “Cinema and the ‘City of the Mind’: Using Motion Pictures to Explore Human-Environment Transactions in Planning Education,” in L. Sandercock & G. Attili (eds.) Multimedia Explorations in Urban Policy and Planning: Beyond the Flatlands (pp. 123-144). New York, NY: Springer, 2010.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Dudley, M. and J. Wright. "The Role of Multidimensional Library Neutrality in Advancing Social Justice: Adapting Theoretical Foundations from Political Science and Urban Planning." The Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy 7 no. 3, (Fall 2022).
- Dudley, M "Stratfordian Epistemology and the Ethics of Belief." The Oxfordian 24 (September 2022), 237-268.
- Boyle, W., M. Dudley & C. Hatinguais. "Tongue-Tied by Authorities: Library of Congress Vocabularies and the Shakespeare Authorship Question." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly (2022), 1-39.
- Dudley, M. "A Library Matter of Genocide: The Library of Congress and the Historiography of the Native American Holocaust." The International Indigenous Policy Journal 8 (2) (2017).
Blogs & Media