I am an Associate Professor and a certified archivist at Texas A&M University. My previous employment included 12 years as senior archivist at The Amistad Research Center at Tulane University in New Orleans and two years as Assistant Librarian at the University of Arizona’s Special Collections in Tucson, Arizona. My expertise and areas of interest include building collections and scholarly resources for the study of the African Diaspora, Women & Gender Studies, Race & Ethnic Studies, and Arabic Language and Culture. I have taught courses on the use of primary sources in research, presented at numerous venues, and published in science fiction, library, archival, and other peer-reviewed journals.