CV for Erica Leslie Weidner

Education

Pratt Institute, 2024
MS, Library and Information Science
Certificate, Digital Humanities

Fordham University, 2022
BA, English
Minors in Political Science, Philosophy

New York University, 2022
Certificate, Professional Copyediting, Proofreading, and Fact-Checking

Academic Experience

Fairleigh Dickinson University (2024–present)
Research & Instruction Librarian, Adjunct Professor

Academic Work

Presentations

Weidner, E. L. (2025, June 26-30). Invisible Stitches: Creating a Data Quilt of Reference Questions. ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Naeymirad, M., Weidner, E., Evergreen, G., & Berger, C. (2024, August 6-10). I Called to Her and She Answered Me: A Study on the Intersection of Technology, Spirituality, and Feminism. DH2024, Arlington, VA, United States.

Naeymirad, M., Weidner, E., Evergreen, G., & Berger, C. (2024, June 14). I Called to Her and She Answered Me: A Study on the Intersection of Technology, Spirituality, and Feminism. Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies Colloquium, Princeton, NJ, United States.

Naeymirad, M., Weidner, E., & Evergreen, G. (2024, May 10). I Called to Her and She Answered Me: A Reading from the Oracle Deck for Techno-Spiritual Feminism. Pratt Institute InfoShow, New York, NY, United States.

Bruns, E., Cordy, T., & Weidner, E. (2024, May 10). Militarization of Big Data. Pratt Institute InfoShow, New York, NY, United States.

Publications

Weidner, E.L. (2025). Invisible Stitches: A Semester at the Reference Desk, Quilted. dh+lib (Special Issue: Crafting Encounters with Humanities Data). https://dhandlib.org/invisible-stitches/.

Projects

Naeymirad, M., Weidner, E., Evergreen, G., & Berger, C. (2023). I Called to Her and She Answered Me: A Study on the Intersection of Technology, Spirituality, and Feminism. Pratt Institute. https://sites.google.com/view/i-called-to-her.

Editorial Experience

underscore_magazine (2023–present)
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
underscoremag.com

The Fordham Undergraduate Research Journal (2019–2022)
Copy Editing Staff Member → Head Copy Editor
tfurj.com

The Fordham Ram (2018–2021)
Copy Editor → Copy Chief → Editorial Director
thefordhamram.com

Literary Work

Poetry

Weidner, E. L. (2025, June 7). the sound of violence. earworms magazine (1).
Weidner, E. L. (2025, June 3). questioning. en*gendered.
Weidner, E. L. (2025, June 1). on the mutual ending of Thelma & Louise. Libre (3).
Weidner, E. L. (2025, May 31). the most wanted person (please please please please please). Querencia Press (spring 2025 anthology).
Weidner, E. L. (2025, May 30). not dead, stunned. Plork Press (Plorkology 2025).
Weidner, E. L. (2025, May 12). gender as hag. new words {press} (6).
Weidner, E. L. (2025, April 13). lightning (poem for my lover). fifth wheel press.
Weidner, E. L. (2025, April 1). gay music. Circus Collective (cringe anthology).
Weidner, E. L. (2025, March 28). the beautiful game. HAD.
Weidner, E. L. (2025, February 28). so I cried listening to a song about a frog (on the floor). Croak Lit (1).
Weidner, E. L. (2025, February 26). the gyre. JAKE.
Weidner, E. L. (2025, February 5). so that’s aragorn, son of arathorn, and he’s called elessar, the elfstone, dúnadan, the heir of isildur, elendil’s son of gondor. fifth wheel press.
Weidner, E. L. (2024, December 28). this is what a librarian looks like. Hot Pot Magazine (16).
Weidner, E. L. (2024, December 13). another poem about my ex-girlfriend (gggec). JAKE.
Weidner, E. L. (2024, December 1). on what a negroni could taste like; it’s a terrible life!; Michael, I—. Roi Fainéant Press (78).
Weidner, E. L. (2024, November 13). for Black Rock Boneyard. Moss Puppy Magazine (7).
Weidner, E. L. (2024, November 4). showertime; lessons from F9; character development. ink & ivy lit (euphoria anthology).
Weidner, E. L. (2024, October 31). Leftist Carbomb. fifth wheel press (light ’em up anthology).
Weidner, E. L. (2024, October 8). rituals. Stanchion Zine (17).
Weidner, E. L. (2024, September 21). triptych for a dozen eggs. MEMEZINE (two truths and a lie issue).
Weidner, E. L. (2024, September 12). instead of libraries, we have. fifth wheel press.
Weidner, E. L. (2024, September 11). In which the alien from “Alien” plays basketball. JAKE.
Weidner, E. L. (2024, September 4). Something My Ex Taught Me. Genrepunk Magazine.
Weidner, E. L. (2024, August 23). Ocean Man Is A Bop. GodZineSatan (1).
Weidner, E. L. (2024, May 1). hydrangea & alstroemeria. Litmora (3).
Weidner, E. L. (2024, April 7). the bee’s knees. ink & ivy lit (cut fruit & homemade chai anthology).
Weidner, E. L. (2024, February 25). sbagliato. ink & ivy lit (1).
Weidner, E. L. (2024, January 31). fallout versailles. fifth wheel press (secrets in the garden anthology).
Weidner, E. L. (2024, January 27). little victories. JAKE.
Weidner, E. L. (2023, September 29). VILLANELLE FOR THE [REDACTED] CAR. fifth wheel press (dreamland anthology).
Weidner, E. L. (2023, June 15). ode to the Court Square–23rd Street passageway. Scrawl Place.

Fiction + Nonfiction

Weidner, E. L. (2025, June 16). Ratqueen. Defiance & Dialogue 2.
Weidner, E. L. (2024, September 6). Night Librarian in the Lower Stacks. JAKE.
Weidner, E.L. (2024, July 30). To Follow the Rabbit. Vocivia Magazine (5).
Weidner, E. L. (2024, May 3). Silly! Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Color Pictures of Cats. Plork Press (Plorkology 2024).
Weidner, E. L. (2024, March 31). Girls Like Me. Bare Back Mag.
Weidner, E. L. (2023, April 26). Lady of the Tunnels. Unlikely Stories.
Weidner, E. L. (2023, April 23). Andromeda. Free Verse Revolution (9).
Weidner, E. (2020, June 26). Club Cassandra. Decoded Pride Anthology 1.