Professional Experience:
Quaker Librarian and College Archivist, Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C., 2000 to present
Rank of Senior Librarian
Interim Library Director, 2012 - 2013
Volunteer Experience:
Friend in Residence, Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, 2014
Past Leadership Positions:
Guilford College Faculty
Recording Clerk, 2011 - 2013, 2016 - 2017
Committee service including Budget, Awards, and Nominating Committees and various ad hoc and search committee roles
North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative)
Clerk, 2017 - 2020
Recording Clerk, 2013 - 2017
Society of North Carolina Archivists
President, 2005 - 2006, and additional service as member of program committee, executive board, and vice president and followed with service as education chair and nominating chair.
Selected Recent Publications
"Library as Metaphor: Entering a New Chapter," Friends Journal, November 2017 (online and print editions). https://www.friendsjournal.org/guilford-library/
"Defining Quaker History in the Twentieth Century? Cultural Memory, Quaker Identity, and Archives," in An Early Assessment: U.S. Quakerism in the 20th Century: Papers from the Quaker History Roundtable, June 8 - 11, 2017, edited by Chuck Fager, 2017.
”Faith, Love, and Trust: Maintaining Unity in the Face of Evolving Concepts of Marriage and Sexuality,” North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Journal ( #7, 2016).
Recent Scholarly Papers Presented
”Centering the African American Experience: Reassessing Archives and Library Collections,” Universities Studying Slavery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, October 11, 2019
”Fit for Freedom but not for Friendship? An Introductory Exploration of Quaker Education, African-American Opportunity, and HBCUs,” Universities Studying Slavery, Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS, October 25, 2018
“"Defining Quaker History in the Twentieth Century? Cultural Memory, Quaker Identity, and Archives," Quaker History Roundtable, Earlham School of Religion, Richmond, Indiana, June 8 - 11, 2017
“Nearer the confines of the dwelling of Slavery:” North Carolina Quakers and the Abolitionist Dilemma in the 1830s,” Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists, Woodbrooke Study Centre, Birmingham, UK, June 24 - 25, 2016
Additional Professional Highlights
Guilford College Judith Weller Harvey Scholar, April 2019
Co-presented lecture and workshop with Dr. Krishauna Hines-Gaither, "Complicating Legacies: Slavery, Equity, & Inclusion on a Southern Quaker Campus.”
Council of Independent Colleges Consortium on Digital Resources for Teaching and Research Development Grant, 2018-2019
Project funding for a summer post-baccalaureate position and stipends for a faculty working group to further develop JSTOR Forum as a tool for showcasing capstone works and digital humanities projects.
Tannenbaum Sternberger Grant, 2016-2017
Drafted in partnership with Friends Center and other Guilford partners, grant provides funding for development of a place-based curriculum for K-12 audience about the Underground Railroad locally.
Council of Independent Colleges Consortium on Digital Resources for Teaching and Learning Grant, 2015-2018
Provides funding for participation in the consortium with multi-year access to ArtStor’s Shared Shelf digital asset management tool (grant focus on improving access to Guilford oral history collections) and funds for team participation in annual consortium conference.