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Education

Drexel University, Ed.D. Student

Philadelphia, PA 

Educational Leadership and Management

Creativity and Innovation

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Drexel University, 2015 Philadelphia, PA 

Master of Science Library and Information Science, MLIS 

College of Computing and Informatics 

Archival Studies 

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Savannah College of Art and Design, 2013 Savannah GA 

Bachelor of Arts in Communication Art, BA 

Graphic Design, minor Art History 

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University of Phoenix, 2012 Phoenix AZ 

Associates of Arts, AA 

Elementary Education

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Certifications

Certified Archivists, Academy of Certified Archivists 2020-Present

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Teaching

022-Present Sawtooth School for Visual Arts, Director of Painting Drawing and Printmaking

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2023-Present University of Buffalo, Adjunct Faculty

Course: Special Topics in Information Library Science- Primary Source Instruction

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2017-2022

Savannah College of Art and Design, Archives and Special Collections Librarian

Teaching with Primary Sources

Artist Residencies

Samuel T. Gladding Book Artist in Residence, Wake Forest University ZSR Library Fall 2024

SCAD Alumni Atelier Ambassadorship, Spring 2017


University of Florida Gainsville Coffey Book Artist Residency Fall 2022-Spring 2023

Archives Experience

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The Winthrop Group, Lead Archivist 2024-Present​

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Archives and Special Collections Librarian, 2017-2022

Savannah College of Art and Design, Jen Library Savannah GA

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Georgia Historical Society, Reference Assistant, Savannah GA, 2013-2015 

 

Resource Development:

Created the Georgia Historical Society African American Genealogy Resource Guide.

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City of Savannah Research and Municipal Archives, Savannah GA Feb 2016-Nov 2016,

W.W. Law Project Archivist 

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Georgia Southern University, e-book cataloger 

Zach S. Henderson Library, Technical Services 2012-2015 

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Professional Engagement

Society of American Archivists, SAA

Lone Arrangers Steering Committee Member, Regional Representative, 2020-2021

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Society of Georgia Archivists, SGA

Appointed Board Member

Mentoring Program Co-Chair, 2020

Mentoring Program Chair, 2022

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Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) 

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College of Book Arts Association 

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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

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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

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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

 

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