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Dr. Mónica Colón-Aguirre
Researcher Bio:
Dr. Mónica Colón-Aguirre is an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina, School of Information Science. She is a recipient of the Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship (2008) and has more than 10 years of experience as an instructor and researcher. Her areas of research include academic libraries, library, management, user services, services for underserved populations, information behaviors of Spanish speakers. Before she became a faculty member, she worked in libraries both in the continental United States and in her native Puerto Rico.
Recent Publications:
Colón-Aguirre, M., Cooke, N. A. & Hussey, L. (2022). The civilized war within American librarianship: Teaching strategies for battling colorblindness in the LIS classroom. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI). 6 (4), 16pp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33137/ijidi.v6i4.38315
Colón-Aguirre, M. & Ceja Alcalá, J. (2022). Latinx use of libraries, museums, and archives in Boston. Public Library Quarterly, DOI: 10.1080/01616846.2022.2077619
Colón-Aguirre, M. & Bright, K. M. (2022). Incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into Research. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS), 63 (3), 237-244.
Colón-Aguirre, M. & Webb, K. (2020). An exploratory survey measuring burnout among academic librarians in the Southeast of the United States. Library Management, 41 (8/9) 703-715.
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Michaela Pilar Brown
Researcher Bio:
Michaela Pilar Brown is an independent curator and multidisciplinary artist using photography, installation, collage, painting and performance. She cut her teeth in the halls of a museum where my mother worked as a security guard. She has been immersed in the culture of objects, their making and interpretation her entire life. Brown is the Executive Director of 701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia, South Carolina., where she has served since 2020. She serves on the board of directors for One Columbia SC, One Columbia for Arts & History is a non-profit organization formed to support and promote tourism in Columbia, South Carolina. She is also a board member of the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, the oldest ongoing feminist granting agency.
Scope of Brown's Current Research:
Brown’s research and artistic production address issues attendant to the black body. She uses nontraditional materials and their juxtaposition to each other, and or dissimilar objects to make statements about the body and its relationship to larger cultural themes of age, gender, race, sexuality, history, and violence. Her work considers memory, myth, ritual, desire and the spaces the body occupies within these vignettes. The narratives move between past, present and surreal projections of the future, sometimes occupying these spaces simultaneously.
Derrick Wilmore Jr
Researcher Bio:
Derrick Wilmore graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in History from Jackson State University and earned a Master's Degree in Education with an emphasis in History from Northeastern State University. He is currently preparing to pursue a Ph.D. in African American Studies. As a dedicated history scholar, Wilmore taught social studies subjects for over five years to middle and high school students. He is currently a professor at Denmark Technical College. Wilmore previously served as a track coach for 11 years and graciously served as a head coach for four of those years. He is the current head track coach for Denmark Technical College.
Scope of Wilmore's Current Research:
Since childhood, Wilmore has been an avid devotee of history. His interests have always included everything in history, from ancient societies to religion. While still early in his career as a scholar and historian, Wilmore is making groundbreaking waves as a highly successful digital creator and the self-published author of three books discussing Black history. Wilmore has obtained over 150k supporters across all of his social media accounts with content that makes the understanding and demystifying of Black history readily accessible. His varying institutions have recognized Wilmore's passion, and he was previously awarded a teacher of the month award. While Wilmore focuses on African American studies, he also studies a broad range of history because his mission is to "empower our people through education, whatever education they need to be empowered."
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