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Professional Experience
Archives and Rare Books Library, University of Cincinnati
- Digital Archivist/Records Manager, November 2013 – present
- Associate Senior Librarian with Tenure, August 2019 – present
- Associate Librarian, August 2015 – August 2019
- Assistant Librarian, November 2013 – August 2015
Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University
- Library Associate, July 2010 – November 2013
- Library Technician, July 2008 – June 2010
Education
- MLIS, San Jose State University, School of Library and Information Science, December 2012
- BA, Geography, magna cum laude, University of Cincinnati, June 2008
Selected Reviewed Publications
- “Special Issue Editorial: Records Management in the Anthropocene.” Co-authored with Sarah Demb. Records Management Journal (forthcoming).
- “Libraries and Archives in the Anthropocene: An Introduction.” Co-authored with Robert D. Montoya. Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies 3, no. 1 (2020). https://doi.org/10.24242/jclis.v3i1.156
- “Regulatory Recordkeeping, Worker Safety, and United States Extractive Industries.” The Extractive Industries and Society 7, no. 1 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2020.01.010
- “Regulation Requires Records: Access to Fracking Information in the Marcellus/Utica Shale Formations.” KULA: knowledge creation, dissemination, and preservation studies 2, no. 1 (2018). https://kula.uvic.ca/articles/10.5334/kula.21/
- “American Archives and Climate Change: Risks and Adaptation.” Co-authored with Tara Mazurczyk, Nathan Piekielek, and Ben Goldman. Climate Risk Management 20 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2018.03.005
- “Archival Adaptation to Climate Change.” Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy 11(2) (2015), www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/15487733.2015.11908146
- “The Landscape of Archival Employment: A study of professional archivist job advertisements, 2006-2014.” Archival Practice 2 (2015). http://www.partnershipsjournal.org/index.php/ap/article/view/1084.
Selected Keynotes and Presentations
- Society of American Archivists, Online Conference, August 5, 2021. Panel (Presenter): “Should Collections Closed under a Donor Agreement Be “Public Records” under FOIA? Archivists Disagree”
- Research Data Access & Preservation (RDAP), Online Conference, March 10, 2021. Lightning talk: “American Archives and Climate Change”
- American Society for Environmental History, Ottawa, Canada, March 28, 2020. Chair: “The Necessary Knowledge: Environmental Histories and Information Workers”
(Conference cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic) - Appalachian Studies in the Digital Age, Portsmouth, OH, November 1, 2019. Paper: “Environmental Information for Environmental Justice: Accessing Fracking Recordkeeping in Appalachia,” presented as part of the session Mapping Appalachian Natural Resources
- Access (Canadian Library Technology), Edmonton, Alberta, September 30, 2019. Opening Keynote: “What We Don’t know About What We Can’t See: Information and Hidden Infrastructure”
- Society of American Archivists annual meeting, Austin, TX, August 4, 2019. Panel (Chair): “Open Forum: SAA Committee on Public Policy”
- Rare Books and Manuscripts Section annual meeting, Baltimore, MD, June 21, 2019. Panel (Presenter/Chair): “Under the Weather: Strategies for Planning and Response to Climate Change for Heritage Organizations”
- Organization of American Historians, Philadelphia, PA, April 6, 2019. Panel (Presenter): “The Material Conditions of the Historical Surprise”
- Society of American Archivists annual meeting, Washington, DC, August 16, 2018. Paper: “Appraising the Archival Anthropocene,” presented as part of the session Archival Engagements and Recordkeeping Intersections with Wicked Problems
- Society of American Archivists annual meeting, Washington, DC, August, 14, 2018. Research: “All Over the Map: Building a Comprehensive Database of US Archival Repositories,” presented at the Research Forum
- Rare Books and Manuscripts Section annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 22, 2018. Panel (Presenter): “Climate Change and Cultural Heritage: Gathering Data and Exploring Professional Implications for a Very Different Future”
- Society for the History of Technology annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA, October 27, 2017. Co-authored Paper: “For Good Measure: The Role of Regulatory Records in Environmental Maintenance,” presented as part of the session Infrastructures of Maintenance: Animals, Regulations and Expertise
- Digital Library Federation/National Digital Stewardship Alliance, Pittsburgh, PA, October 25, 2017. Opening Keynote: “The Necessary Knowledge”
- Society of American Archivists annual meeting, Portland, OR, July 27, 2017. Paper: “This Land Is Your Land (*Some Terms and Conditions May Apply): Records and the American Landscape,” presented as part of the session Document, protect, and mitigate: New perspectives on the role of archives and the natural environment
- Society of American Archivists annual meeting, Portland, OR, July 27, 2017. Panel (Presenter): “Open Forums: Archival Advocacy and Awareness Amid Social/Political Upheaval”
- Libraries and Archives in the Anthropocene colloquium, New York, NY, May 14, 2017. Co-authored Paper: “Climate Control: Vulnerabilities of American Archives to Rising Seas, Hotter Days and More Powerful Storms”
- Yale University, Beinecke Library Speaker Series, New Haven, CT, May 4, 2017. Paper: “When the Unthinkable Becomes Inevitable: Archives and Climate Change,” presented as part of the panel Fierce Urgencies
Selected Professional Service
- Records Management Journal, special issue on “Records Management in the Anthropocene”, co-editor, 2020-2021
- External reviewer for monograph manuscript under contract from the Society of American Archivists Publications Board, 2019
- Committee on Public Policy (appointed), Society of American Archivists, 2018-2021
- American Archivist (Society of American Archivists journal), reviewer, 2018
- Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies, special issue on “Libraries and Archives in the Anthropocene”, co-editor, 2017-2020
- Archivaria (Association of Canadian Archivists journal), reviewer, 2017
- Society of American Archivists, Mentoring Program mentor, 2017
- In the Library with the Lead Pipe, reviewer, 2017
- Society of American Archivists, Records Management Section
- Immediate Past Chair, August 2018-August 2019
- Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (elected), August 2016-August 2018
- Steering Committee (elected), 2014-2016
Selected Awards
- University of Cincinnati Faculty Excellence award (award amount $2,000), March 10, 2021
- University of Cincinnati Libraries Faculty Development Council grant, January 13, 2020, (Grant unused due to COVID-19 pandemic)
- University of Cincinnati Libraries Faculty Development Council grant, March 20, 2018
- Society of American Archivists Council Resolution honoring work on archives and climate change (award shared with Ben Goldman) https://www2.archivists.org/council/awards/2019/goldman-tansey
- Society of American Archivists Foundation, Strategic Growth grant (collaborator with Principal Investigator Ben Goldman, award amount of $5,000), May 15, 2017