Officers
Mallary Rawls
Convener
Residency: Florida State University, 2018-2020
Education: MLIS, Florida State University
Email: mrawls@fsu.edu
Beatrice Downey
Incoming Convener
Residency: NC State University, 2022-2025
Education: MLS, Texas Woman's University
Email: bcdowney@ncsu.edu
Kalani Adolpho
Outgoing Convener
Residency: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017-2019
Education: MLIS, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Email: adolphok@vcu.edu
Current Residents
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
Amir Blair
Residency: North Carolina State University, 2022-2025
Education: MLIS, University of South Florida
Email: ajblair@ncsu.edu
Elizabeth Sunny Blake
Residency: University of Pennsylvania, 2022-2025
Education: Clarion University (Now Pennsylvania Western University)
Email: esblake@upenn.edu
Heather Blicher
Residency: Virginia Tech, 2023-Present
Education: Florida State University
Email: heatherb2@vt.edu
Alexandra Brinson
Residency: Georgia Institute of Technology
Education: Kent State University
Email: abrinson30@gatech.edu
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
Mandy Choie
Residency: Michigan State University, 2022-2025
Education: MLIS, University of British Columbia
Email: choieama@msu.edu
Sylvia Figueroa Ortiz
Residency: MIT, 2022-2024
Education: MLIS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Email: sylviaf@mit.edu
Yoonha Hwang
Residency: Harvard College Library, 2021-2023
Education: MLIS, University of California, Los Angeles
Email: yoonha_hwang@harvard.edu
Hiva Kadivar
Residency: North Carolina State University, 2022-2025
Education: MLS, North Carolina Central University
Email: hkadiva@ncsu.edu
Ginny Leightner
Residency: Harvard University, 2022-2024
Education: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Email: virginia_leightner@harvard.edu
Kristy Lueshen
Residency: Colorado State University, 2022-2025
Education: MSLIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Email: kristy.lueshen@colostate.edu
Cristalan "Tal" Ness
Residency: University of Michigan, 2022-2025
Education: MSLIS, Chicago State University
Email: cness@umich.edu
Ima Oduok
Residency: Texas Digital Library, 2022-2025
Education: MLS, University of North Texas
Email: ima.oduok@austin.utexas.edu
Brandie Pullen
Residency: Virginia Tech, 2022-2025
Education: University of Denver
Email: bpullen@vt.edu
Karina Sanchez
Residency: University of Texas at Austin, 2021-2024
Education: MLIS, University of California, Los Angeles
Email: karinasanchez@austin.utexas.edu
Mimosa Shah
Residency: Harvard Library, 2022-2024
Education: MLIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Email: mimosa_shah@radcliffe.harvard.edu
Courtney Shareef
Residency: University of Louisville, 2022-2025
Education: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Email: courtney.shareef@louisville.edu
Jasmine Thomas
Residency: Towson University, 2022-2024
Education: University of Maryland College Park
Email: jlthomas@towson.edu
Jeremy Thompson
Residency: University of Texas at Austin, 2021-2024
Education: MSLIS, University of Arizona
Email: jeremy.thompson@austin.utexas.edu
Natalia Umaña
Residency: University of Denver, 2022-2025
Education: Master's in School Librarianship, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Email: natalia.umana@du.edu
Danica E. White
Residency: Pennsylvania State University, 2019-2022
Education: MLS, Emporia State University
Email: DEW5422@PSU.EDU
Information on Former Residents