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Christy Stevens has been serving as the Interim Dean of the J. Paul Leonard Library since October 1, 2024, providing strategic and operational library leadership during a period of institutional transition while advancing long-term planning and organizational improvement. Prior to that, she served as the Library’s Associate University Librarian for six years.

Christy has 23 years of experience in academic libraries, including 20 within the CSU system. She has demonstrated a sustained commitment to student learning and success, with leadership experience spanning strategic planning, organizational development, and library services. Before joining San Francisco State, Christy served as Associate Dean of the Library at CSU Dominguez Hills. From 2008 to 2016, she was a library faculty member at Cal Poly Pomona, where she advanced through the ranks to full librarian, serving first as the library’s Information Literacy Coordinator and later as the Head of Research Assistance and Instruction. Christy’s first position in the CSU was at Sacramento State University in 2006, where she served as the Humanities and Online Learning Librarian. She began her career in libraries in 2003 as an Instruction Librarian at the University of West Georgia, where she taught credit-bearing information literacy courses both online and in person. 

Christy earned her Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Iowa and holds additional Master's degrees in English and Women’s Studies from UC Irvine and San Diego State, respectively. She also completed the Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians through the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has held leadership positions in the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), including chairing the Instruction Section, and she has served as a WASC Peer Evaluator since 2017.