Head shot of Bernadette Lear with a frosted glass pane in the indoor background

Bernadette A. Lear

Education and Behavioral/Social Sciences Librarian
Madlyn L. Hanes Library, Penn State Harrisburg
World Campus and Penn State Online, World Campus
Office Phone
717-948-6360
Departmental Phone
717-948-6070
bal19@psu.edu
Department Address
140 Curtin Road
E501 Paterno Library
University Park, PA 16802-1812
Subject Expertise
  • Adult Education and Workforce Education
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Biobehavioral Health
  • Children's Literature and Literacy Education
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • Education
  • Health
  • Human Development and Family Studies
  • Kinesiology, Exercise, and Sport Science
  • Library and Information Studies
  • Nursing
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Special Education
Academic Support Areas
School of Behavioral Sciences and Education
Research Interests
Library History, Children's Librarianship, and Children's Literature
Teaching
For University Park and World Campus, I am affiliated with the Education Library, providing online services for the College of Education. For Harrisburg, I am affiliated with the Madlyn L. Hanes Library, providing face-to-face and online services for the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, including its Education programs (Elementary, Secondary, and Lifelong/Adult), Behavioral Sciences (Applied Behavior Analysis, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Psychology, and Sociology), and some Health programs (Biobehavioral Health, Human Development and Family Studies, Kinesiology, and Nursing).