People

Officers

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Mallary Rawls

Convener
Residency: Florida State University, 2018-2020
Education: MLIS, Florida State University
Email: mrawls@fsu.edu
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Beatrice Downey

Incoming Convener
Residency: NC State University, 2022-2025
Education: MLS, Texas Woman's University
Email: bcdowney@ncsu.edu
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Kalani Adolpho

Outgoing Convener
Residency: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017-2019
Education: MLIS, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Email: adolphok@vcu.edu

Current Residents

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Shelly Black

Residency:  North Carolina State University Libraries, 2020-2023
Education: MA in Library and Information Science, Graduate Certificate in Archival Studies; University of Arizona
Email: syblack@ncsu.edu
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Amir Blair

Residency:  North Carolina State University, 2022-2025
Education: MLIS, University of South Florida
Email: ajblair@ncsu.edu
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Elizabeth Sunny Blake

Residency:  University of Pennsylvania, 2022-2025
Education: Clarion University (Now Pennsylvania Western University)
Email: esblake@upenn.edu
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Heather Blicher

Residency:  Virginia Tech, 2023-Present
Education: Florida State University
Email: heatherb2@vt.edu
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Alexandra Brinson

Residency:  Georgia Institute of Technology
Education: Kent State University
Email: abrinson30@gatech.edu
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Yuqiao Cao

Residency:  University of Delaware, 2020-2023
Education: MSLS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Email: yuqiaoc@udel.edu

Genevia Chamblee-Smith

Residency:  University of Texas, Austin, 2022-2025
Education: MLIS, North Carolina Central University
Email: gegechamblee@gmail.com
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Mandy Choie

Residency:  Michigan State University, 2022-2025
Education: MLIS, University of British Columbia
Email: choieama@msu.edu
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Sylvia Figueroa Ortiz

Residency:  MIT, 2022-2024
Education: MLIS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Email: sylviaf@mit.edu
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Yoonha Hwang

Residency:  Harvard College Library, 2021-2023
Education: MLIS, University of California, Los Angeles
Email: yoonha_hwang@harvard.edu
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Hiva Kadivar

Residency:  North Carolina State University, 2022-2025
Education: MLS, North Carolina Central University
Email: hkadiva@ncsu.edu
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Ginny Leightner

Residency:  Harvard University, 2022-2024
Education: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Email: virginia_leightner@harvard.edu
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Kristy Lueshen

Residency:  Colorado State University, 2022-2025
Education: MSLIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Email: kristy.lueshen@colostate.edu
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Cristalan "Tal" Ness

Residency:  University of Michigan, 2022-2025
Education: MSLIS, Chicago State University
Email: cness@umich.edu
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Ima Oduok

Residency:  Texas Digital Library, 2022-2025
Education: MLS, University of North Texas
Email: ima.oduok@austin.utexas.edu
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Brandie Pullen

Residency:  Virginia Tech, 2022-2025
Education: University of Denver
Email: bpullen@vt.edu
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Karina Sanchez

Residency:  University of Texas at Austin, 2021-2024
Education: MLIS, University of California, Los Angeles
Email: karinasanchez@austin.utexas.edu
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Mimosa Shah

Residency:  Harvard Library, 2022-2024
Education: MLIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Email: mimosa_shah@radcliffe.harvard.edu
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Courtney Shareef

Residency:  University of Louisville, 2022-2025
Education: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Email: courtney.shareef@louisville.edu
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Jasmine Thomas

Residency:  Towson University, 2022-2024
Education: University of Maryland College Park
Email: jlthomas@towson.edu
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Jeremy Thompson

Residency:  University of Texas at Austin, 2021-2024
Education: MSLIS, University of Arizona
Email: jeremy.thompson@austin.utexas.edu
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Natalia Umaña

Residency:  University of Denver, 2022-2025
Education: Master's in School Librarianship, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Email: natalia.umana@du.edu
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Danica E. White

Residency:  Pennsylvania State University, 2019-2022
Education: MLS, Emporia State University
Email: DEW5422@PSU.EDU

Information on Former Residents