Heidi Abbey Moyer
About Me
Education History
Academic Support Areas
Research Interests
Her research sabbatical project in 2014-2015 focused on the following: 1) processing the ephemera, records, and over 20,000 photographs in Penn State Harrisburg's College History Archives; 2) using crowdsourcing and social media to gather metadata about items in the collection; and 3) writing and publishing the first book about Penn State Harrisburg in celebration of the college's 50th anniversary during 2016-2017. Awarded a second research sabbatical in 2021-2022, Ms. Moyer researched the ketogenic diet and its pervasiveness in American foodways as well as popular and consumer culture, the results of which are being compiled for an article in the journal, Gastronomica.
Most recently, Ms. Moyer has evolved her research agenda to address environmental justice, disenfranchised grief, and ambiguous loss, especially as they relate to archival collections and oral history work for Holocaust Studies and the accident at Three Mile Island in Middletown, PA. She is also interested in advocacy for parental rights with disrupted parent-child relationships and family dynamics.
Teaching Interests
She especially welcomes teaching courses in the areas of American popular culture, American women's history, archives and special collections, art history, genealogy and local history, museum studies, public heritage, and photography.
Subject Expertise
- American Studies
- Art and Architectural History
- Folklore and Folklife Studies
- Foodways and Food Studies
- Humanities
- Jewish Studies
- Museum Studies
- Music
- Special Collections
- Theatre
- Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Publications
(Re)Appraising Our Archival Identity: Demystifying the Process and Changing the Dialogue about Promotion and Tenure for Academic Archivists, American Archivist, 2024
Does a Decade Make a Difference?: Comparing the Web Presence of North American Art Museum Libraries and Archives in 1999 and 2011, Art Libraries Journal, 2012
Celebrating Women All Year Long: The Alice Marshall Women's History Collection at Penn State Harrisburg's Archives and Special Collections, InterView, 2012
The Green Archivist: A Primer for Adopting Affordable, Environmentally Sustainable, and Socially Responsible Archival Management Practices, Archival Issues: Journal of the Midwest Archives Conferences, 2012
Calling All Bloggers! MARAC Joins the Blogosphere, The Mid-Atlantic Archivist (MAA), 2012
The Digital Collections Program, UConn Libraries, 2002
Art Through the Ages Online: An Evaluative Webliography of Art and Art History Timelines, Art Libraries Journal, 2002
Digital Collections Online (DCO): Find the Resources You Need Fast!, Information Today, Inc, 2001
Digital Collections Online (DCO): Find the Resources You Need Fast!, 2001
Beyond the Bells and Whistles: A Practical Look at Macromedia's Flash and Its Usability for Libraries, ITIG TechCorner, 2000
Other Publications
Books
Penn State Harrisburg, Arcadia Publishing, 2016
Chapters
Sustainability, 2021
10.12 Sustainability, 2021
10.9 Oral History Program, Designing and Managing, 2021
On the Web: OUR BODIES OURSELVES (OURBODIESOURSELVES.ORG) (1969–), 2017
Three Mile Island, Three Decades Later.: Case Study Three: The People and Perspectives of Middletown, Pennsylvania, 2013
Preserving Digital Content, 2013
Preserving Digital Content, Jump-Start Your Career as a Digital Librarian: A LITA Guide, 2013
Appreciating Frederick Matzow's Art, 2006
Frederick Matzow (1861-1938): Meriden's Artist-in-Residence, Frederick Matzow (1861-1938): Meriden's Artist-in-Residence, 2006
Book/Film/Article Reviews
Erin's Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada 1751-1858, Volume 3, American Reference Books Annual, 2010
Erin’s Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada 1761-1853, ARBAonline, 2009
Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006, American Reference Books Annual, 2008
Miller's Companion to Antiques and Collectibles, American Reference Books Annual, 2008
Encyclopedia/Dictionary Entries
Sustainability, Roman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021
Oral History Program, Designing and Managing, Roman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021
Our Bodies Ourselves (ourbodiesourselves.org) (1969-present), Greenwood/ABC-Clio, 2017
Magazine/Trade Publications
A History of Women's Lives: Collection Highlights Reality Versus Stereotypes, American Libraries, 2015
From the chair, Data Base for Advances in Information Systems, 1994
Newsletters
The Well-Planned Archival Exhibition: A Novel Approach to Designing Exhibits and Displays with 3D Modeling Software, Mid-Atlantic Archivist, 2025
Commemorating Camp Meade: Honoring Our Local History Connections with the Fred M. Greguras Camp Meade Collection, 2023
Results of the MAS Membership Survey 2014, Museum Archivist: Newsletter of the Museum Archives Section, 2015
Meet the Incoming Co-Chairs---Jennie Thomas & Heidi N. Abbey, Museum Archivist: Newsletter of the Museum Archives Section, 2013
Others
Our Bodies Ourselves (ourbodiesourselves.org) (1969-present), 2017