Biography
Judy is the Embedded Learning Librarian at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management. She provides library services to UCF students and faculty, library instruction online and face-to-face, and collection development for the Rosen College of Hospitality Management.
Judy received an M.S.I.S. with a concentration in Library and Information Sciences from the University at Albany in 2007 and a Bachelor of Arts in History from SUNY New Paltz in 2005.
Judy is the primary librarian for the following Colleges and programs:
- College of Arts & Humanities
- College of Business
- Rosen College of Hospitality Management – College Lead
- Foodservice & Lodging Management
- Hospitality Services
- Tourism, Events, Entertainment & Attractions
and the secondary librarian for these programs:
- College of Arts & Humanities:
- Judaic Studies
- Religion & Cultural Studies
Selected Scholarship
Exhibitions
Kuhns, J. (2023) What’s on the Menu: Unique Menus from the Rosen Library’s Collection [Exhibition]. Universal Orlando Foundation Library, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, Orlando, FL. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/lib-rosen-exhibits/index.html#whats_on_the_menu
Kuhns, J. & Gina Rippins. (2023) Collecting Disney: The World of Disney Souvenirs, Memorabilia and Keepsakes [Exhibition]. Universal Orlando Foundation Library, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, Orlando, FL. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/lib-rosen-exhibits/index.html#collecting_disney
Kuhns, J. & Stephen Ford. (2021) Wish You Were Here: Creating Memories of Travel and Tourism Through Postcards [Exhibition]. Universal Orlando Foundation Library, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, Orlando, FL. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/lib-rosen-exhibits/index.html#wish_you_were_here
Presentations
Kuhns, J. (2025, January 10). Can I Trust this? Information Literacy and Generative AI in Student Research. Teaching Colloquium, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, Orlando, Florida, United States.
Dockray, S. & Kuhns, J. (2022, Sept. 1). Chat services and COVID-19: Trends in Ask a Librarian [Presentation]. Tampa Bay Library Consortium VIP Conference, Lakeland, FL.
Kuhns, J. & Dockray, S. (2022, May 24). Chat services and COVID-19: Trends in Ask a Librarian [Poster presentation]. Florida Library Association Conference, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/ucfscholar/1113
Shrauger, K. & Kuhns, J. (2018, Oct. 11). What’s in the graveyard of undergraduate requests: a look beyond the grave. Presented at the Southeastern Resource Sharing Conference, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.
Selected Service Activities
Service to the Profession – State/Regional
- TBLC Ask-A-Librarian Quality Assurance Workgroup (co-chair) 2020-present, (member) 2019-2020
- FLA Awards & Honors Committee (vice chair) 2022-2023 (member) 2020-2022
- FACRL Scholarship Committee (member) 2021-present
Service to the University
- Library Advisory Committee (member) 2021-2024
- IT&R Staff Recognition Awards Review committee (member) 2020
- University Travel Awards Committee (member) 2017-2019
Service to the Rosen College of Hospitality Management
- Editorial board member of the Rosen Research Review 2024-present
- Member of the Journal Incentive Award /group 2024-present
Service to the Library
- Member of the CCIE Search Committee 2025
- Member of the Employee of the Year Committee 2024-present
- LibGuides Accessibility Workgroup (member) 2022-2023
- LibGuides Working Group (member) 2017-2024
- Web Working Group, serving as the Rosen representative 2019-2024; UCF Connect representative 2017-2022
- Library Service Awards Committee (member) 2018