Katia G. Karadjova-Kozhuharova, PhD, is the Associate Dean of Libraries for Research & Assessment at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro-Savannah, USA. Her doctoral work was on culturally grounded approaches to information literacy understanding. Katia is an active scholar and her areas of scholarly research include: Information Literacy, International librarianship through the lens of human rights & travel literature, and Mindfulness & Contemplative pedagogy. She is also a poet and a fiction writer. Katia has published 15 books, several book chapters, and a number of articles. In her free time Katia enjoys photography, racquet sports, and traveling.