Mx Kieran Layton is an academic law librarian who specializes in electronic resources, IP, civil rights, and labor law and is personally passionate about trans studies and open access. They are an alumnus of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, and Kent State University.

Currently, Kieran is the Reference & Electronic Research Services (eReference) Librarian at CWRU School of Law. When not behind a computer, they can usually be found hiking in a park, gazing in a museum, or exploring another library.