Colby College | Directory | Marilyn R. Pukkila

Marilyn R. Pukkila
Head of Instructional Services, Colby Libraries
Reference
Affiliated Department(s): Religious Studies

Office: Miller Library 102
Phone: 207-859-5145
Email: mrpukkil@colby.edu

Mailing Address:
5145 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8851

Semester Schedule

Education

M.S.L.S. (1979) Columbia University
M.A. (1983) University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
B.A. (1977) University of Michigan

Areas of Expertise:

Information fluency and library instruction

Evaluating Web information sources

Plagiarism and citation styles

Contemporary Witchcraft, Wicca, and Paganism

J.R.R. Tolkien

Women in myth and fairy tale

Spirituality and interfaith dialog

Eliminating heterosexism and homophobia

LGBTTIQQ, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, intersexual, questioning and queer issues

Other Courses Taught

Course	Course Title
EN 231	Tolkien's Sources
WG 211	Women in Myth and Fairy Tale
RE 275	Contemporary Witchcraft

Publications

The Literature of Contemporary Wicca: Formalists, Feminists, and Free Spirits, Choice, (March 1999): 1215-1223.
Feminist Spiritualities: A Brief Overview, Choice, (November 1999): 461-477
Wicca, International Encyclopedia of Womens Studies, Routledge, 2000, pp. 2037-2038.
Witchcraft, Contemporary, Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America, Scribner�s, 2004, pp. 284-285.
Review of The Encyclopedia of Modern Witchcraft and Paganism, Shelley Rabinovitch and James Lewis, eds., in The Pomegranate, v. 6.1 (May 2004): 136-137.
Awaiting Imbolc, Reclaiming Quarterly, n. 96, Winter 2005, n.p.
Sorting Seeds: A Story of Self-Dedication, Celebrating the Pagan Soul, Laura Wildman, Ed. Citadel Press, 2005.
The Other Side of the Podium: Student Information Needs from Inside the Classroom. C&RL News, v. 67 n. 3 (March 2006): 162-164.