Essential Area 5
Essential Area 5. Significant leadership experience:
• Class group project leader
• Student organization presidency
• Representatives to committees or professional associations
• Organizer of events (e.g., seminar, conference, assembly)
• Coordinator of activities (e.g., fund raising, volunteer work, community services)
"Collaboration Across Communities: Digitizing Civil Rights Era Black Radio Recordings."
Spring 2011.
Presentation at Tennessee Library Association Annual Meeting, March 2011.
I was invited to present my research at the SIS Student Research Panel at the TLA Annual Meeting. I presented the digitization work I am currently doing with the Beck Cultural Exchange Center.
"The Times They Are a Changing: Future Archivists Speak Out."
STA newsletter, Winter 2010. (See pages 1 and 4.)
Conference panel at Society of Tennessee Archivists Annual Meeting, November 2010.
I was invited to be on a panel of archives students from three universities in Tennessee to speak about the future of archives. We specifically focused on the topics of participatory archives, community outreach, and the cultural impact of archives.
SAA-UTK Duties and Achievements.
Fall 2009-Fall 2010.
I served as the Secretary of the student chapter of the Society of American Archivists for the Fall semester 2009, and President of the organization for the year 2010. The list includes my responsibilities and achievements during my tenure in those offices.
Student Communication Liaison
Fall 2010-Spring 2011.
I served as one of the SIS Student Communications Liaisons for the academic year 2010-2011. As a liaison, my role was to facilitate communication between SIS faculty and students. This involved such duties as attending Student Affairs Committee, student organization, and faculty meetings, gathering feedback from students and reporting it to faculty at the meetings, and providing positive leadership for the SIS student community. I tried to fulfill these duties to the students and faculty by being a trusted representative they can speak to about their concerns in confidence, and provide guidance when necessary.
Picnic & Mixer Organization
Spring, Fall 2010.
I was one of the three students who planned the 2010 SIS Spring Picnic for students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the program. We coordinated signups for the potluck, location, invitations, and promotion of the event via facebook and punchbowl.com. I also was involved in organizing the Fall 2011 Mixer with several other student organization leaders. the Fall Mixer is an event for SIS students and faculty to meet and spend time with UT Library faculty and staff in an informal environment.
Documentaries in the Library Committee
Spring-Fall 2010
I was invited to serve on the committee of the Documentaries in the Library Committee for Hodges Library. Other members were University of Tennessee Library staff. This film series is held every year to showcase documentaries and screen them in the library for the university community. I was involved in the research, selection and organization of titles as well as presenters for the series.
