Rick Brown
B.A., Cumberland University
Office Location: Vise Library
Phone: 615.547.1352
E-mail: rbrown@cumberland.edu
In Spring 2010, he began working in Vise Library as a Library Assistant and became a Library Technical Assistant in August 2011. His responsibilities as an LTA include cataloging library resources, maintaining the online catalog, ordering library materials, and providing circulation services, amongst other duties.
In June 2011, Brown became a Communications Coordinator with the Communications Office. His duties there include copywriting, editing, and photographing for a variety of university website materials and publications.
Brown is a member of Sigma Tau Delta, Alpha Chi, and Phi Theta Kappa. As an undergraduate, Brown won four annual student awards for his research, prose, and poetry, and his photography was exhibited in Cumberland’s 2009 Photography Show. He graduated valedictorian of his class.
Publications
“Allyson Agee: Testing Her Limits.” Cumberland University. Online. June 3, 2011.
“Evan Sanna: International Success, On and Off the Court.” Cumberland University. Online. June 3, 2011.
“Diana Ismail: Finding Her Confidence.” Cumberland University. Online. June 3, 2011.
“Erin Pierce: Learning to be a Leader.” Cumberland University. Online. June 3, 2011.
“Scholarship Benefactors Give in the Spirit of Cumberland.” The Phoenix Rising 5.2 (Feb. 2011): 5.
“The New CU Brand.” The Phoenix Rising 5.2 (Feb. 2011): 6-7.
“Nursing Students Bring Skill and Compassion to Haiti.” The Phoenix Rising 5.2 (Feb. 2011): 8.
“Alumni Spotlight: Amber Woodard (’06).” The Phoenix Rising 5.2 (Feb. 2011): 9.
Presentations
Aphra Behn Society Biannual Conference, “‘The Worst of Women:’ Abdelazer’s Defiant, Amorous Queen.” November 2009, Lebanon, TN.