CaroleAnne Weik is a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography & Sustainability at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, whose work sits at the intersection of historical geography, information networks, and regional development. Her research examines the spatial infrastructure of southern public libraries, focusing on Mary Utopia Rothrock and the expansion of library networks under the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Supported by participation in multiple National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) institutes: including programs at Monticello, the Brooklyn Museum, and here at UT, her interests analyze how geographic mobility and information access intersect.

Prior to her doctoral studies, CaroleAnne spent over thirty years in educational and information library programs. Her background spans work as an Academic Medical Librarian, a contributor to a Pulitzer Prize–winning team at New York Newsday, and three decades as a School Library Media Specialist and summer school administrator, she spearheaded progam modernizations and NASA-honored curricula. She brings this deep expertise in information architecture and institutional history to her studies, mapping the historical and spatial foundations of information access.