Location: Durham/Chapel Hill, NC Academic Background: Bachelor’s degree in English literature from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.; master’s degree in library science from UNC, Chapel Hill Current position: I am the head librarian at the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science. It’s a fairly rare model these days, back in […]
Strong African-American women have been present for almost all of the pivotal moments in LaVerne Gray’s career–both professionally and academically.
These were the women she wrote about in her doctoral classes at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and for her dissertation, “In a Collective Voice: Uncovering the Black Feminist Information Community of Activist Mothers in Chicago Public Housing, 1955-1970.” But apart from the historical figures who inspired her research, Gray can also point to specific women who were integral in getting her to push past her own limits, and expand her knowledge and education.
Scot Smith Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee Academic Background: Bachelors of arts in humanities, East Tennessee State University; master of arts in teaching, ETSU; and master’s in information sciences from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I have completed numerous graduate hours in European History as well. Work Background: Teaching for almost 30 years overall, and for […]
