People

Officers

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Kaitlin Springmier

Convener
Residency: University of Chicago, 2015-2017
Education: MLIS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Email: kaitlin.springmier@sonoma.edu

Twanna Hodge

Incoming Convener
Residency: University of Utah, 2015-2017
Education: MLIS, University of Washington
Email: tkhodge20@gmail.com
Quetzalli Barrientos

Quetzalli Barrientos

Past Convener
Residency: American University, 2015-2018
Education: MSLIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Email: qlbarri@gmail.com

Current Residents

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Grace Adeneye

Residency:  Pauline A. Young Residency, University of Delaware
Education: University College London
Email: adengr@udel.edu
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Nicola Andrews

Residency:  NCSU Libraries Fellow, 2017-2019
Education: University of Washington Information School, 2017
Email: nmandrew@ncsu.edu
Quetzalli Barrientos

Quetzalli Barrientos

Convener
Residency:  American University, 2015-2018
Education: MSLIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Email: Qlbarri@american.edu

Laura Birkenhauer

Residency:  Miami University (Ohio), 2016-2018
Education: MLIS, Kent State University
Email: crosbylm@miamioh.edu

Avery Boddie

Residency:  American University, 2017-2019
Education: MLIS, University of Maryland, College Park
Email: boddie@american.edu
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Symphony Bruce

Residency:  American University, 2018-2021
Education: MLIS, University of Missouri, 2017
Email: bruce@american.edu

Cara Calabrese

Residency:  Miami University (Ohio), 2015-
Education: MSLIS, Florida State University
Email: calabrcm@miamioh.edu
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Jasmine Clark

Residency:  Temple University, 2017-2019
Education: Drexel University
Email: jasmine.l.clark@temple.edu
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J.L. Colbert

Residency:  Diversity Resident Librarian, University of Utah, 2017-2019
Education: MSLIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017
Email: jessica.colbert@utah.edu
Jessica Dai

Jessica Dai

Resident Librarian
Residency:  West Virginia University, 2018-2021
Education: MLIS, University of South Carolina
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Lily De La Fuente

Residency:  Librarian Fellow for Immigration and Migration Studies, Harvard, 2017-2019
Education: University of Texas at Austin
Email: lily_delafuente@harvard.edu

Rachel Deras

Residency:  Loyola Marymount University, 2016-2018
Education: MLIS, San Jose State University
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Jesus Espinoza

Residency:  University of Michigan, 2017-2020
Education: University of Illinois
Email: ejesus@umich.edu

Fobazi Ettarh

Residency:  Temple University, 2015-2017
Education: MLIS, Rutgers University
Email: fobazi.ettarh@temple.edu
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Sheila Garcia

Residency:  University of Michigan, 2017-2020
Education: Wayne State University
Email: gsheila@umich.edu

Javier Garibay

Residency:  Loyola Marymount University, 2016-2018
Education: MLIS, University of California, Los Angeles
Email: javier.garibay@lmu.edu
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Karina Hagelin

Diversity Resident and Assistant Archivist
Residency:  Cornell University, 2018-2020
Education: MLIS, University of Maryland, College Park, 2018
Email: karina.hagelin@cornell.edu

Taylor Hixson

Residency:  University of Chicago, 2016-2018
Education: University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Email: taylorhixson@uchicago.edu
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Magdaline Lawhorn

Residency:  Fellowship Project Archivist, Harvard, 2017-2018
Education: St. John's University
Email: magdaline_lawhorn@harvard.edu
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Urooj Nizami

Residency:  Temple University, 2017-2019
Education: MIS, McGill University School of Information Studies
Email: nizami.urooj@temple.edu
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Michelle Peralta

Residency:  Resident Archivist for Yale Special Collections, 2018-2021
Education: MLIS, San Jose State University
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Edras Rodríguez Torres

Residency:  University of Michigan, 2017-2020
Education: Wayne State University
Email: edrasr@umich.edu

Jenay Solomon

Residency:  University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2016-2018
Education: MLS, Emporia State University
Email: jmsolom2@uncg.edu
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Nicole Strayhorn

Residency:  National Library of Medicine Associate Fellowship Program 2017-2018
Education: MSI, Florida State University 2017
Email: ncstrayhorn@yahoo.com
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Jamia Williams

Librarian and Diversity Fellow
Residency:  SUNY Upstate Medical University Health Sciences Library, 2018-2021
Education: MLS, North Carolina Central University, 2018
Email: jamiaj.williams@gmail.com
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Marianne Williams

Residency:  University of Arkansas, 2017-2020
Education: University of Toronto
Email: mw052@uark.edu
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Victoria Wong

Residency:  Entrepreneurship Librarian, University of Alberta, 2017-2018
Education: Western University

Keila Zayas-Ruiz

Residency:  University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2015-2018
Education: MSLIS, Florida State University
Email: kzayasru@utk.edu

Information on Former Residents