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Public Historian and Digital Archivist

Profile Summary

I hold a doctorate in History, a master's degree in Library Science with a concentration in archives and records management, and a master's degree in Public History. A Fulbright scholar, I am an experienced humanities practitioner and researcher who specializes in documentary studies, oral history, digital storytelling, and archival theory and methodology. I have authored research on lynching, African American history, the Jim Crow era, philanthropy, and the Civil Rights Movement. Since 2000, I have developed and managed several academic and public outreach programs, participated in cultural exchanges, study abroad programs chaired panels, and presented at conferences in the U.S. and universities around the world.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Library & Information Science
• ☆ Human Rights
• ☆ Cultural Studies
• ☆ Museum Management & Curatorship
• ☆ United States History

Services

• Writing
• Research

Work Experience

Community Digital Archivist

University of North Carolina-Greensboro

September 2019 - Present

American Studies: Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar - Sénégal

Fulbright Scholar

October 2018 - July 2019

Lead Archivist

Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project Northeastern University School of Law

January 2017 - August 2018

Assistant Professor/Director of Public History

North Carolina Central University

August 2007 - December 2015

Program Manager

Behind the Veil Oral History Project Center for Documentary Studies Duke University

June 2003 - July 2005

Education

MA Library Science w/concentration in archives

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

May 2013 - June 2015

Doctorate

Howard University

August 1998 - December 2003

MA Public History

Howard University

August 1996 - May 1998

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

CONFERENCE ABSTRACT

(2018). Documenting, Studying, and Redressing Racial Violence: Implementing a Digital Archive for the Civil Rights Restorative Justice Project .

LECTURE SPEECH

(2016). African Americans Philanthropy, and the Civil Rights Movement . BlogTalk Radio.

NEWSLETTER ARTICLE

(2014). Rethinking diversity: Dr. Rhonda Jones, public history is sexy . National Council on Public History.

CONFERENCE PAPER

To The Dead We Owe The Truth .