Curriculum vitae

Education

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI

M.A., Library Science and Information Studies (2009)

Appalachian State University, Boone NC

B.S., Political Science (2004)

Certificates

University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences (SAS), Philadelphia, PA

Advanced Certificate in Neuroscience (Enrolled 2020-2021)

Princeton Management Development Certificate (Enrolled 2021)

Work Experience

Princeton University, Princeton NJ

Behavioral Sciences Librarian, Aug 2018 – Present

Walden University, Minneapolis, MN

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Librarian, Feb 2016 – Aug 2018

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, Audiovisual Archives

Volunteer Librarian, Oct 2012 – May 2013

Providence Athenaeum, Providence Rhode Island

Library Technician, Jan 2012 – Feb 2013

Hathaway Library, Audubon Society of Rhode Island. Providence Rhode Island

Volunteer Librarian, Aug 2011 – Feb 2013

Walden University, Minneapolis MN

Institutional Review Board (IRB), Non-affiliate voting member, Jan 2011 – Feb 2016

University of Liverpool, Liverpool United Kingdom

Institutional Ethics Committee, Non-affiliate voting member, Jan 2011 – Feb 2016

European Regional Support Library, Heidelberg Germany

Practicum Student, Sept 2008 – Dec 2008

Sullivan Library, US Army Garrison Mannheim, Germany

Library Technician (GS-4), Dec 2004 – Jan 2006

Institutional Service

• Princeton University Library, Indigenous Studies Working Group, 2021 - present

• Princeton University Library, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement Working Group, 2021 - present

• Princeton University Library, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Steering Committee, 2020 - Present

• Princeton University Library, Open Research Steering Committee, Co-chair, 2020 - Present

• Princeton University Library, Princeton Data Commons User Experience (UX) Group 2019 - Present

• Princeton University Library, Library Education and Teaching Committee, member 2019 - Present

• Princeton University Library, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, Oct 2018 - Apr 2018

• Princeton University Library, Peter  B. Lewis Science Library Space Assessment Taskforce, November 2018 - Present

• Walden University Library, Pedagogy, Design, and Resources Across the Curriculum Working Group, Chair, Feb 2018- August 2018

Professional Service 

• Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Education and Behavioral Sciences (EBSS) Psychology Committee Member, 2019-2021

• Center for Open Science Ambassador, 2020-present

Professional Affiliations

• American Libraries Association, Member, 2016 - present

  • Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), Member, 2018- Present

    • Education and Behavioral Sciences (EBSS) Member 2018-present

• Special Library Association (SLA), Member, 2018 - present

Grants and Awards

• Princeton Initiative for Data Driven Social Science Grant, “Prejudice Reduction: Creating an Open Repository of ‘What Works’ from Experimental Research.” with Betsy Levy Paluck,  2020-2021 ($17,000)

• Wiedman Outstanding Volunteer Service Award presented by the Archivist of the United States, (May 2014)

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• [Preprint] Levitis, E., Gould van Praag, C. D., Gau, R., Heunis, S., DuPre, E., Kiar, G., … Maumet, C. (2021, March 23). Centering inclusivity in the design of online conferences. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/vj5tu 

• [Preprint] Topor, M., Pickering, J. S., Barbosa Mendes, A., Bishop, D. V. M., Büttner, F. C., Henderson, E. L., … Westwood, S. J. (2020, December 14). An integrative framework for planning and conducting Non-Interventional, Reproducible, and Open Systematic Reviews (NIRO-SR). https://doi.org/10.31222/osf.io/8gu5z  

Other Publications

• Topor, M., Pickering, J. S., Barbosa Mendes, A., Bishop, D. V. M., Büttner, F. C., Henderson, E. L., … Westwood, S. J. (2020, December 14). Non-Interventional, Reproducible, and Open (NIRO) Systematic Review guidelines. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/F3BRW 

• Paula P. Brooks, Elizabeth A. McDevitt, Anne C. Mennen, Meghan Testerman, Na Yeon Kim, Matteo Visconti di Oleggio Castello, & Samuel A. Nastase. (2021, January 21). Princeton Handbook for Reproducible Neuroimaging (Version v0.2.0). Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4317623

Pre-Registrations

• Baek, S., Testerman, M. M., & Emberson, L. (2020). Attrition Rate in fNIRS-Based Infant Cognitive Neuroscience: A Meta-Analysis. Retrieved from  osf.io/uc436   

Digital Tools  

• PaperClassification Natural Language Processing for Systematic Reviews [Under development]

• Database of prejudice reduction literature [grant awarded, in development, 2020-2021]

• Princeton Brain Development Project, NeuroProgress.org [Under development, 2020] 

Open Data + Code

• Meghan Testerman. (2021). Data Set: fMRI Meta-Analyses (Version 1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4974284 

• Meghan M. Testerman. (2021). COVID Tracking Project Bibliographic Records (Version 2.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4660181

• Meghan M Testerman. (2021). Article Processing Charges (APC): Springer-Nature, Elsevier, Wiley & Sons, SAGE (Version 1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4725804 

Presentations

• Testerman, M. (2021) Outreach Challenges and Solutions for the 21st Century STEM Librarian. Presentation at the annual conference of the Special Library Association.

• Testerman, M. (2021) The STEM Lab Librarian. Presentation at the annual conference of the Special Library Association.

• Sarconi, E., Testerman, M. (2021) Engaging STEM researchers with Special Collections. Presented at the STEM Librarians Collective Conference 2021, Virtual. 

• Testerman, M,, Kocher, M. Ghezzi-Kopel, K. (2021) Systematic Reviews Outside of the Health Sciences. Presented at the STEM Librarians Collective Conference 2021, Virtual.

• Testerman, M. (2021) Systematic Reviews and the Systematic Review Service at Princeton University Library. Presented to the Princeton University Library, Princeton, NJ. 

• Testerman, M., Topor, M., Pickering, J., Groen, M. (2020)  Improving data synthesis with open and reproducible approaches. Presented at the annual meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Open Science Room, Virtual. 

• Testerman, M. (2020) #AcademicTwitter for Subject Librarians. Presentation at the annual conference of the Special Library Association, Charlotte, NC. 

• Testerman, M. (2019) Donate Your Brain to Science: Participating in Human Subjects Research. Presented at Princeton University Library, Princeton, NJ.

• Testerman, M. (2020) Reproducible Data Collection for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Presented to the Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. 

Public Engagement

• Citizen Science Day 2019

• Citizen Science Day 2020

• Testerman, M. (2019) Donate Your Brain to Science: Participating in Human Subjects Research. Presented at Nerd Nite Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.

• Ernest Hemingway’s “Dangerous Summer.” (2013). The World from Public Radio International. Retrieved June 26, 2020, from https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-08-12/photos-ernest-hemingways-dangerous-summer 

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice

• Indigenous Studies Working Group, Princeton University Library, Member, March 2021-present

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement Working Group, Princeton University Library, Chair, Feb 2021-present

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Steering Committee, Princeton University Library, Member, Sept 2020-present.

• Dismantling Whiteness in Libraries and Librarianship Journal Club, Princeton University Library, Facilitator, 2020

• Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, Princeton University Library, Member, Oct 2018 - Apr 2018

  • Contributed to the Diversity Statement for the Princeton University Library that outlines a road map for anti-racist and inclusive structural changes at the institutional level.

  • Contributed to the Charge for a permanent Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Steering Committee.

  • Contributed to recommendations to the Library Leadership Team (LLT) for a multi-year Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan.

• Completed Training: 

  • Allyship to Impact, Virtual (2020)

  • Fostering a Culture of Inclusion for Employees, Princeton University (2020)

  • Dismantling Institutional Racism at Your Library: From Theory to Practice, Niche Academy (2020)

  • Ally Project: Supporting LGBT Students Staff and Faculty, Princeton University (2019)

Volunteer Work

• Mercer County Friends/Feed America

• The COVID Tracking Project, Data Entry, Data Quality, Mapping Impact, Nov 2020 - present

• Stall Catchers, Citizen Science Project for Alzheimer’s research, 2019 [Preprint]

• People Serving People, Minneapolis MN, Short-term housing volunteer, 2017