Mason Brown is the SLU, Science Resources, and ASRC Librarian at the Graduate Center. He has a BS with a concentration in Zoo and Aquarium Science from Michigan State University, a Masters in Library Science from Simmons College, and a MS in Biology from City College of New York (CUNY). He has been working as a Librarian for over 15 years, 10 of those at CUNY. He has written on using comic books as a medium for teaching incoming freshmen the art of question asking, on effective interventions for preventing the spread of disease in vulnerable populations, and on the unique challenges of working as a librarian for a research heavy science facility. Before his library career, he worked hand feeding baby vultures, storks, and penguins at the Detroit Zoo. He has been the SLU library liaison since 2020.
