About

I am an archivist, educator, librarian, and writer, living in northeastern Illinois.

Watch my interview on WCIA News concerning early Puerto Rican student history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. October 2020.

Read my recent archival bibliographical research blog posts series "Illini Everywhere". 2020.

Watch me (with colleagues) narrate Lithuanian family letters (in English) as part of the 2012 documentary "Letters from Siberia". Please see "Hope and Spirit" for more information.

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In education, my primary research areas have included the history of student life in U.S. public higher education and the history of co-curricular education of immigrant, international, and refugee students in the U.S.

In history, my primary research area has included early twentieth century U.S. immigration history, with an emphasis on metropolitan Chicago.

In library science, my primary research areas have included bibliography, instruction, outreach, and reference, in special collections, with an emphasis on archives and manuscript collections.

My broader interests have included culture theory, environmentalism, Illinois history, immigration to Illinois histories, and public higher education in Illinois.

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Master of Education. Educational Policy Studies. College of Education. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Master of Science. iSchool. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Bachelor of Arts. Anthropology. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. University of Illinois at Chicago.
Bachelor of Arts. English. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. University of Illinois at Chicago.
Associate in Science. College of Lake County. Grayslake, Illinois.
Associate in Arts. College of Lake County. Grayslake, Illinois.