Professional Responsibilities

Liaison and resource faculty member for those in the Humanities and Social Sciences departments with a particular emphasis on African/African American Diaspora Studies and Middle Eastern Studies; develop and implement collection development policies for Africana Studies and Middle Eastern Studies; provide counseling for the integration of these materials into the curriculum, incorporating information literacy components into the curriculum, and creating assessment tools; and provide reference services in person and virtually.

Africana Resoureces Librarian/Curator

• Subject Specialist for Africana Studies
• Subject Specialist for  Race and Ethnic Studies
• Subject Specialist for Arabic/Middle Eastern Languages
• Subject Specialist for Africana Studies-Special Collections & Archives

Affiliations

University
     Graduate Faculty
     Race & Ethnic Studies Institute (RESI)
Professional
     Society of American Archivists (SAA)
     Academy of Certified Archivists
     American Library Association
          Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
                Africana Studies Librarians Section (AFAS)         
                Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS)          
     National Council for Black Studies (NCBS)

Research Interests

• African Diaspora
• Women Studies
• Muslims and Islam in Science fiction, fantasy, and comics
• Middle Eastern/Islamic Studies
• Diversity in Academia

Education

• Academy of Certified Archivists-1999-2010

• Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, Louisiana 
             Master of Library and Information Science-2000                      

• Loyola University; New Orleans, Louisiana
             Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree Cum Laude, 1997
             Alpha Sigma Lambda-Delta Nu Chapter Honor Society

Selected Papers

• • Hankins, Rebecca and Miguel Juarez.  "Art in Special Collections: Latino and African American Fine Art and Photography in Academic Institutions"  Art Documentation:  Bulletin of the Art Libraries Society of North America, Spring 2010, pp. 31-36.
  • Hankins, Rebecca.  "Fictional Islam:  A Literary Review and Comparative Essay on Islam in Science Fiction and Fantasy" Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, Vol. 105, Spring 2009, pp. 73-92.
  • Hankins, Rebecca.  “Uncovering Black Feminist Writers, 1963-1990:  An Evaluation of their coverage in research tools" Reference & Users Services Quarterly, Vol. 48, #3, Spring 2009, pp. 270-286
  • Hankins, Rebecca.  “Marguerite Cartwright” in African American National Biography edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  Volume 2 (pp. 201-203), Oxford University Press, 2008.
  • Hankins, Rebecca.  "Clarie Collins Harvey" in African American National Biography edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  Volume 4 (pp. 109-110), Oxford University Press, 2008.

Book Chapters

• "African American Studies Collections” chapter in Developing Culturally Diverse Collections for the 21^st Century: Best Practices and Guidelines, edited by Myra Appel, ALA/EMIERT. Greenwood Publishing Groups’ Libraries Unlimited, PENDING, ISBN: 1-59158-598-8;9781591585985.
• "Jews of New Orleans:  An Archival Guide."  Simons, Andrew, Lester Sullivan and the Greater New Orleans Archivists (GNOA), section Jewish Holdings at the Amistad Research Center, 1998.