Education
Drexel University, Ed.D. Student
Philadelphia, PA
Educational Leadership and Management
Creativity and Innovation
Drexel University, 2015 Philadelphia, PA
Master of Science Library and Information Science, MLIS
College of Computing and Informatics
Archival Studies
Savannah College of Art and Design, 2013 Savannah GA
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Art, BA
Graphic Design, minor Art History
University of Phoenix, 2012 Phoenix AZ
Associates of Arts, AA
Elementary Education
Certifications
Certified Archivists, Academy of Certified Archivists 2020-Present
Teaching
022-Present Sawtooth School for Visual Arts, Director of Painting Drawing and Printmaking
2023-Present University of Buffalo, Adjunct Faculty
Course: Special Topics in Information Library Science- Primary Source Instruction
2017-2022
Savannah College of Art and Design, Archives and Special Collections Librarian
Teaching with Primary Sources
Archives Experience
Archives and Special Collections Librarian, 2017-2022
Savannah College of Art and Design, Jen Library Savannah GA
Georgia Historical Society, Reference Assistant, Savannah GA, 2013-2015
Resource Development:
Created the Georgia Historical Society African American Genealogy Resource Guide.
City of Savannah Research and Municipal Archives, Savannah GA Feb 2016-Nov 2016,
W.W. Law Project Archivist
Georgia Southern University, e-book cataloger
Zach S. Henderson Library, Technical Services 2012-2015
Professional Engagement
Society of American Archivists, SAA
Lone Arrangers Steering Committee Member, Regional Representative, 2020-2021
Society of Georgia Archivists, SGA
Appointed Board Member
Mentoring Program Co-Chair, 2020
Mentoring Program Chair, 2022
Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)
College of Book Arts Association
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging Committee
Collections Held
Harvard University
University of Puget Sound
Oberlin College
Scripps College
University of Georgia Athens, UGA
Library Of Congress
Smithsonian
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Temple University
Grinnell College
University of Delaware
Ohio University
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
University of Delaware
University of Georgia Athens (UGA)
University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
Wake Forest University ZSR Library, Special Collections
Private Collections
Photo Credit: Labeeb Abdullah
Webinars
Merging Concepts: Empowering Student Engagement with Primary Sources through Art, Archives, Libraries, & Museums
Association of Southern Research Libraries (ASRL) Webinar Series, 2024
Co-Presenter: Dr. Miriam Intrator
Workshops
Sawtooth School for Visual Art Guest Artist: Artist Book Workshop, 2022
Coffey Residency for Book Arts: Making Meaning Book Arts Workshop
University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, 2022
Savannah College of Art and Design K-12 Educators Forum
Artists' Books and the Intimacies of Black Life
Exploring African American artists; books as a contemporary art form , 2022
Jacob Lawrence 3; Series of Prints Exhibition, Loveland Museum
Loveland Colorado
Bookbinding Telling Stories Through Art Making, 2021
Scottish Rite Archives Digitization Documentation WorkshopSavannah College of Art and Design Preservation History, Architecture and Museum Studies, 2019
Savannah, GA Girl Scout Cadette Troop,
Artists' Book Badge Workshop, 2018
Kiah Museum Day of Remembrance,
The Beach Institute, 2018
Savannah College of Art and Design Alumni Atelier: Consulting Archives to Stimulate Artistic Practice
Savannah College of Art and Design, 2017
Presentations/Artist Talks/ Lectures
Coffey Residency for Book Arts Book Making
University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
God's Battle Axe: Zora Neale Hurston Artist Book, 2022
SCAD Guest and Gusto 2022: Book Making as a Contemporary Art Form
with Sauda Mitchell,, Carletta Carrington Wilson, and Alisa Banks, 2022
Drexel University Doctoral Student Colloquium
Artists' Books as Tools of Disruption: Diversifying Student Experience through Object Based Learning, 2022
University of South Carolina Beaufort USB
Justice Beyond the Ballot Box, Putting History in the Hands of the Future
Co-Presenter: Cecil J. Williams, 2021
The Black Family and the Photographic Archive
Association For The Study of African American Life and History ASALH,
Co-Presenters: Dr. Mary Trent, College of Charleston; Samantha Hill; Aaisha Haykal College of Charleston, 2021
Society of Georgia Archivists Annual ConferenceExploring African American Artists’ Books as a Contemporary Art Form: An Examination of Pedagogy, Engagement, and Outreach, 2021
The Southeast Chapter of Art Libraries Society of America ARLIS/SE 47th Annual Conference, Keynote Address, 2021
Telfair Museum Art 912 "Re-Cor-Dare" Solo Exhibition Talk, 2021
SCAD Comb The City with Alumni: Sauda Mitchell at Telfair Museum, hosted by SCAD Career Services, 2021
Jacob Lawrence 3; Series of Prints Exhibition, Loveland Museum, Loveland Co. Artist Talk
Tracing and Placing African American Memories Through Archival Processing and Art Making
Art Libraries Society of North America, Southeast ARLIS/NA, 2020
Basic Preservation: A Survey of the Don Bluth Collection of Animation, University of Buffalo Preservation Course, 2020
Savannah College of Art and Design: Alumni Atelier Salon Artist Talk
SCAD Forsyth House, 2017
