Library Faculty

Pam Crawford came to the Wheat Law Library in 1995 as the Electronic Services/Government Documents Librarian, a position reorganized in 2001 to become Outreach Services. She was named Head of Public Services in 2006 and oversees the government documents department, interlibrary loan/document delivery services, circulation, outreach, and reference scheduling and coordinates library volunteers. She is the webmaster of the Wheat Law Library website and a contributing webmaster of the Kansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions website. Crawford conducts online legal research workshops, edits both print and online publications, and is active in national and regional library associations.

Joyce McCray Pearson came to the KU law library in 1994 as electronic services librarian. In 1995 she was named the associate director of the library and in 1997 she became director of the law library and associate professor of law. She participates in the legal research component of the Lawyering course and teaches Advanced Legal Research and Law and Literature. She has published extensively in both law and librarianship and is active in national and regional law library and law school associations.

Allison Reeve returned to the Wheat Law Library in 2011 as the Cataloging and Technical Services Librarian. She manages the cataloging department, assesses special collections, and contributes to Reference Services. Reeve graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee in 2011 with a Master of Information and Library Studies and a Master of Foreign Language and Literature with a concentration in Spanish literature.

Christopher Steadham is a 2004 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law and a 2007 graduate of the Emporia State University School of Library & Information Management. He has extensive legal research experience and was named Associate Director of the Wheat Law Library in 2011. Steadham teaches the Kansas Supreme Court Research Clinic, Advanced Legal Research and Topics in Advanced Legal Research. He has published extensively on legal research and related topics, and is actively involved in the Wheat Law Library's collection development, strategic planning, and budgetary matters. Steadham is also active in  University Governance and currently serves as the KU Faculty Senate President.

W. Blake Wilson graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia with both his J.D. and a Masters in Information Science and Learning Technologies in May 2004. That same month, he started working for one of the largest law firms in the Kansas City area, where he conducted research and instructed attorneys on the finer points of electronic database usage. The role of digital media specialist was passed down to him, and Wilson later worked for an even larger firm as a litigation support analyst using those skills. In January 2007, Wilson became the Instructional and Research Services Librarian at the Wheat Law Library, where he continues on his path, instructing individuals and conducting research.