Rebecca L. Hankins

Curriculum Vitae

 I.  Summary Record of Faculty Appointment

     Office Address:  MS 5000
     Phone: 979-845-1951
     Email: rhankins@tamu.edu

 Rank:        Assistant Professor, Africana Studies Librarian/Curator
 Unit:         Texas A&M University Libraries
 Date of Initial Appointment: July, 03, 2003.
 Date on Tenure Track: July, 03, 2003.

II.  Education and Experience
A.  Education
M.L.I.S., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 2000.
Major: Library Science
Certified Archivist, The Academy of Certified Archivists, Recertified by petition 2005-2010; December 1999-2005.
B.A. [Cum Laude], Loyola University, New Orleans, LA, 1997.
Major: Liberal Studies (Women’s history and Political Science)
B.  Experience
University Libraries, Texas A&M University, Assistant Professor, Africana Studies Librarian/Curator, September 2003 – Current

• Liaison and resource faculty member for those in the Humanities and Social Sciences departments with a particular emphasis on African/African American Diaspora, Islamic/Middle Eastern Studies, and Race and Ethnic Studies.

• Developing and implementing collection development policies appropriate to the assigned area studies focus.

• Helping to identify and acquire collections, books, and other materials (both primary and otherwise) appropriate to the assigned area studies focus.

• Participate in Virtual Reference services

• Contributing to reference and Reading Room services to support the study, interpretation, and appreciation of archival materials and special collections of regional, national, and international importance to our customers.

• Arranging and describing unprocessed collections.

• Working with the Multicultural Storytelling Project in the development of collaborative programmatic opportunities for the library.

• Working with faculty and staff to develop exhibit ideas for all university libraries.

 Special Collections, University of Arizona, Assistant Librarian, August 2001 - June 2003

• Provided reference services and assisted patrons with information needs.

• Provided individualized instruction for online information research.

• Selected new material for the reference collection.

• Supervised two Udall Fellows-SIRLS graduate students, Jennifer Walele and Miguel Figuero-worked on Udall projects and exhibit5

• Supervised graduate students in the processing of retired US Senator Dennis DeConcini’s papers.

• Developed a plan and supervised the work on a large backlog of unprocessed collections.

• Participated on the Millennium Project Oversight Committee-Library Faculty Association, which was charged with finding barriers to diversity on campus, including looking at issues of climate, gender, race, and fairness on campus. 

• Performed cross functional activities that included working with the History department on instruction and developing an annotated bibliography of resources on African Americans and the African Diaspora.

• Taught two archival classes concerning appraisal and description for the Spring 2002 Archives course in the Graduate School of Information Resources and Librarianship-University of Arizona.

• Received Encoded Archival Description (EAD) training for the encoding of finding aids as a part of the state of Arizona’s tri-university project, and encoded seven finding aids of varying lengths.

 Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, Archivist, November 1988 - August 2001

• Digital Humanities Project Archivist/Administrator- An Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded two-year digital and processing grant received in 2000.  Duties included grant reporting and management of the $186,000 budget.  Supervised the selection and scanning of over 5,000 images and textual documents for inclusion into the Louisiana State University, our collaborative partner’s, online database.  Supervised the processing of a large collection of photographs used in the project.

• Acquisition Archivist/Reference Archivist/Instructor- Accessioned all incoming collections, prepared forms, entered information into Paradox database, and corresponded with donors.  Solicited potential donors, arranged shipping, prepared acquisitions reports for inclusion into publications. Developed formal arrangements for manuscript collections and prepared descriptive summaries. Handled the reference desk, which included greeting and assisting researchers, answering telephone and mail inquiries, provided bibliographic instructions on the use of databases and manuscript collections for undergraduate and graduate classes and other groups, and gave tours of the Center’s art gallery. Developed and maintained all correspondence files for the Center; managed the Center's direct mail marketing; edited various in-house publications; supervised undergraduate          students; and transcribed oral history recordings.

• Cataloger/Technology information Specialist-assisted the head of cataloging and technical services in the automation of the archive, retrospective conversion project of entire archival holdings, original cataloging of manuscripts and books using US MARC AMC format, database management using OCLC and NOTIS, authority file maintenance, weeding, inventory, and maintenance of stacks, complete reduction of fifteen year backlog.  Installed internet connections for staff and maintained contact with computing services regarding new program updates.  Developed, updated, and maintained our website.
  

III. Documentation of Publications, Research, and Presentations
Publications:

1.  Refereed Publications (articles, proceedings)

• Hankins, Rebecca.  “Uncovering Black Feminist Writers 1963-1990: An Evaluation of Their Coverage in Research Tools”  Research and User Services Quarterly, Vol. 48, #3, 2009. Single author. 

• Buchanan, Paula and Rebecca Hankins.  “Using Auto Racing as a Model to Teach Economics for Grades K-12.”  Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research. Vol. 9, #1, 2009.  Co-author. 

• Hankins, Rebecca, Melgoza, Pauline, Christina Seeger, and Gary Wan.  “Meeting Our       Faculty Where They Conference:  A   Texas A&M Model to Support Librarian       Attendance at Subject Specific Conferences."  Public Services Quarterly, Vol. 5, #2,            2009. 

•  Hankins, Rebecca.  “Fictional Islam:  A Literary Review and Comparative Essay on Islam in Science Fiction and      Fantasy.”  (submitted to Foundation, December 2008, accepted for publication March 2009.)        Single author.

• Hankins, Rebecca.  “Bibliographic Essay on Islam in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Comics.”  Submission to Foundation, March 2009.  Single author.

• Stielow, Dr. Frederick J., Rebecca Hankins, and Venola Jones.  "From Management Theory and Practical Administration to MARC-AMC:  Or Throwing the Five Switch," American Archivist (Fall 1995), 464-471. Cited twice in Technical Services Quarterly, Vol. 16(4) 1999. 

3.  Invited Publications: Journal Articles, Book Chapters, Proceedings, and Essays

 

• Hankins, Rebecca. “African American Studies Collections”. In: Developing Culturally Diverse Collections for the 21^st Century: Best Practices and Guidelines.  Edited by Myra Appel, ALA/EMIERT. Westport, CT : Greenwood Publishing Groups’ LibrariesUnlimited, 2008-2009.  19 pp, 5,200 words. ISBN: 9781591585985
  

• Bowers, Kate.  “Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives.” Society of American Archivists, 2009.  http://www.archivists.org/publications/epubs/thesaurus/Acknowledgements-Thesaurus.pdf Served on committee as a commentator and source of terms for the publication.

•  Hankins, Rebecca.  “Oral History, Civil Rights, and the Archival Role”. Louisiana Weekly newspaper, Africa Rising Series: A Journey Through African Studies, volume 4 (number 7), Section B. (July 19-25, 2004). (2500 words)

This article was an essay for a series of articles published by the Louisiana Weekly, one of New Orleans, LA oldest Black newspapers.  The Africa Rising Series of articles is a creation of Dr. Clyde Robertson, director of the New Orleans Public Schools Africana Studies and Culture Unit.  Dr. Robertson and staff serve as editors and reviewers of each article.  This series has featured articles from scholars from all over the United States including Dr. Molefi Asante, Dr. Jarita Holbrook, Maulana Karenga, Dr. Angela Davis, Dr. Nazir Conyers, Runoko Rashidi, Dr. Ney Afulabi, Dr. Jose Bey, and others.               

• Hankins, Rebecca, Michele Saunders, and Ping Situ. “Diversity initiatives vs. residency programs:  Agents of Change?” C&RL News, volume 64 (number 5): 308-310, 315. May, 2003.  (1921 words)

I submitted the idea and it was accepted, lead the writing and edited the contributions.  This was a featured article in the ACRL president Helen H. Spaulding’s 2002-2003 Presidential Theme, “New Realities, New Relationships” for the month of May-one of ten columns chosen.  This article has been cited at least four times in other publications including in a 2004 presentation for the National Diversity in Libraries conference, in the 2007 ALA White Paper on Diversity, and in the Journal of Academic Librarianship, March 2008.          

• Hankins, Rebecca.  “Jewish Holdings at the Amistad Research Center”. In Jews of New Orleans:  An Archival Guide. Edited by Lester Sullivan. Andrew Simons and the Greater New Orleans Archivist. New Orleans, LA:  Greater New Orleans Archivists, 1998. 41-49.

This publication was begun by my colleague while he was on staff at the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University.  I was on the editorial board for the publication and contributed an updated listing of Jewish holdings at the Amistad Research Center, editing and adding to the listing started by Mr. Simons.

4.  Journal Articles, Book Chapters, Proceedings, and Essays

 5.  Edited Journal or Monograph Volumes

Hankins, Rebecca, consulting editor. “Black Immigration to the United States”. Footsteps: African American History. (Volume 3/Number 2) March/April 2001; Peterborough, NH: Cobblestone Publishing Company, 2001.  Available online at: http://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/pdf/09_africans_in_united_states_2001.pdf.

6. Other Publication Contributions:  creative writing, short papers, newsletter items, etc.

• Hankins, Rebecca. “Marguerite Cartwright”. In: African American National Biography, Volume 2. Edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.  pp 201-203. (1200 words)
  

• Hankins, Rebecca. “Clarie Collins Harvey”. In: African American National Biography, Volume 3. Edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. pp 109-110. (1300 words)
  

• Hankins, Rebecca. “Amistad Research Center”. In: Encyclopedia of Black Studies. Edited by Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2005. pp 85-87. (1500 words)

•  Hankins, Rebecca.  “Planting the Seeds of Collaboration:  Botany Collections at Texas A&M University,” Southwestern Archivist, Vol. 31, Issue 3, August 2008, 26-27.  (900 words plus photographs)

•  Hankins, Rebecca. The African American Studies Section of the ACRL Newsletter. (Volume 14, Issue 2 (375 words); Volume 15, Issue 1 (375 words), Volume 15, Issue 2 (370 words) 2006-2008.

•  Hankins, Rebecca. The Oral History Section Newsletter/Society of American Archivists.

            (Volume 1/Issue 1; Volume 2/Issue 1; Volume 2/Issue 2; Vol) 2004-2006.

•  Hankins, Rebecca. editor.  AAPOn Point: Newsletter of TAMU’s African American Professional Organization, Vol. 1, Issue 2, February 2005; Vol. 2, Issue 2, February 2006.
  

• Hankins, Rebecca and Bonnie Travers.  “Assignment Afghanistan: A Visual Journey.”  Views: The Newsletter of the Visual Materials Section, Society of American Archivists, Vol. 17, No.2, April 2003, 6-7.
  

• Hankins, Rebecca. The Greater New Orleans Archivists Newsletter. (No volume or issues). Spring, Fall, and Winter 1998-1999.

B.  Presentations

1.        Juried Presentations

• Buchanan, Paula and Rebecca Hankins.  “The Role of Technophobia in Computer Literacy:  How to Measure and Counteract Technophobia in Order to Increase Computer and Information Literacy.” Submitted an abstract and 18 slide powerpoint presentation. Allied Academies International Internet Conference, July 17-31, 2008.

• Smith, Jane A., Hankins, Rebecca and Juarez, Miguel.  “Once Upon a Culture: The Multicultural Storytelling Project at the Texas A&M University Libraries.” Juried poster session. Chicago: American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 26, 2006. 1 ½ hours.
  

• Hankins, Rebecca. “Making “Us vs. Them” into “We”:  Resolving Conflicts between Institutions and Minority Groups”.  Society of American Archivists Conference, New Orleans, LA, August 20, 2005. 1 ½ hours.  (Panel of five archivists discuss collecting diverse collections for their institutions)

•  Hankins, Rebecca.  “Diversity of Method, Unity of Purpose.”  Society of American Archivists Conference, Boston, MA, August 6, 2004.  1 ½ hour panel of four archivists.  Read paper titled “Archivists and Archives of Color Roundtable and SAA:  Partnering for a Pluralistic Society.” (2100 word)

Paper will be converted into a research paper for submission to the American Archivist journal.

•  Hankins, Rebecca.  “Enduring Legacies:  Oral Tradition in Historical Research”.   

Chaired session and presented paper, International Oral History Association, Conference Proceedings, Rome, Italy, June 21-25, 2004. (2600 words)
Developed the abstract for our session, submitted all paper work and worked with each contributor to get their papers submitted.  Lead the session, read my paper, and introduced each of the other scholars papers to the audience.  The three scholars are Dr. Akua Duku Anokye, Dr. Heather Lewis, and Ph. D. candidate Bethany Rogers.  Paper was published in the conference proceedings and distributed to a worldwide audience.  This article is also available via my page on the TAMU Digital Institutional Repository.  It has been cited on Wikipedia page on martial arts.

 2.    Invited Presentations

National

• Hankins, Rebecca. “Integrating Amistad Revolt documents into teaching about the Transatlantic slave trade”. UNESCO Conference. Teaching about the Transatlantic Slave Trade. New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000. 2 hours.

Regional/State

• Coleman, Wayne and Rebecca Hankins. “Organizing and Preserving Family and Organizational Treasures.” Preservation workshop at the Dallas African American Museum. Dallas, TX, February 23-24, 2007. 2-day, 6 hours each.

  National

•  “Documenting a Disaster: The Saga of One Family”. Oral History Association Conference-October 27, 2006.  1 ½ hours.

•  “Documenting Brown v Board of Education and other Education Issues of Post Brown America”. Chair and presenter.  Association for the Study of African American Life and History Conference (ASALH), Pittsburgh, PA, September 2004. 1 ½ hours. 

 University

• Archives, Archival Processing, and the Nancy Pedrick Smith Mairs Papers-Prof. Susan Stabile, English 474 class,  April 2009, 30 minutes. 
  
• “Documenting a Disaster: The Saga of One Family”.  TAMU Libraries Research Forum          presentation-May 2007. 25 minutes.
• “Hidden Gems:  Africana Collections at Cushing Memorial Library”. Speaker. 1^st Friday Lecture and Tour of Cushing, College Station, TX, February 2, 2007. 2 hours.

 C. Grants and Funded Research

       1.  External Grants

 “International Affairs Travel Grant”. 2002. Rebecca Hankins. University of Arizona. $1000 for trip to Ghana to assist with W.E.B. DuBois project.

 IV. Documentation of Professional Activities

 A.  Elected Offices/Committee chair(s)

 National

SAA, Council, 2006-2009

            Liaison to the SAA Publications Board, Awards Board, Science, Technology &     Healthcare Roundtable and Academic Educators Roundtable

            SAA Nominating Committee-2008

 SAA, Oral History Section, Steering Committee, 2005

            Newsletter editor-2004-2006

 SAA, Archivists and Archives of Color, Co-chair/chair elect, 2002-2004

            SAA, SAA/AACR Harold T. Pinkett Awards, Chair, 2004

           SAA, SAA/AACR Harold T. Pinkett Awards, Strategies for Outreach-      subcommittee, chair, 2005

 ALA, ACRL, AFAS, Secretary, 2005-2006

  University

            Women's Faculty Network Steering Committee, elected TAMU Libraries representative, 2006-2009

 Library

            TAMU, Research Committee, 2003-2005

 B. Appointed Offices/Committee chair(s)

            National

ALA/SAA/AAM Combined Committee, 2004-2008-Appointed by ALA Presidents

            State/Regional

Brazos Valley African American Museum-chair of the exhibits committee                                          

 GNOA, Secretary, Newsletter Editor 1996-1999

 Louisiana Archives and Manuscript Asscoiation, Board member, 2001

            University

TAMU, Faculty and Staff Committed to an Inclusive Campus, Chair, 2006-current

 TAMU, Faculty and Staff Committed to an Inclusive Campus, Steering Committee,         Secretary (2005-2007)

 TAMU, Black Faculty Alliance, secretary-2004-2006

 TAMU, African American Professional Organization,

            Webmaster, 2005-current

            Newsletter editor-2006-2007

            Recording secretary-2005-2006

        Library

TAMU Diversity Programming Oversight Committee, 2003-2005

 C.  Committee Memberships

            National

ALA, ACRL, AFAS, 2002-present

             ALA, ACRL, AFAS, Newsletter Editor, 2007-2009

             ALA, ACRL, AFAS, Nominating Committee, 2006-2007

             ALA, ACRL, AFAS, Research and Policity Committee, 2003-2008

             ALA, ACRL, AFAS, Program Planning Committee, 2003-2006

 ALA/SAA/AAM Combined Committee, 2004-2008

 Academy of Certified Archivists, 1999-2010

            ACA, Item-Writing workshop-develop questions for exam, 2003

            ACA, Outreach Committee, 2006

 SAA, College and University Archives Thesaurus Project, 2004-2007

 ALA, ACRL, ULS, 2002-2004

            ALA, ACRL, ULS, President’s Program Planning Committee, 2002-2004

             State/Regional

Society of Southwest Archivists, 1998-present

            SSA, Arizona membership liaison-2002-2003

            SSA, scholarship recipient 2001

 Greater New Orleans Archivists, 1995-2001

 Louisiana Archives and Manuscript Asscoiation, 1996-2001

 University

TAMU, Graduate faculty committee member, Jeff Stumpo, Master of Arts, English, 2005

 TAMU, Graduate faculty committee member, Roger Reeves, Master of Arts, English, 2006

 TAMU, Graduate faculty committee member Kristen Hill, Master of Arts, Communication, 2007

 TAMU, New Student Conference Diversity Committee, 2007

 TAMU, Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity Search Committee, 2006, 2009

 TAMU, Academic Leadership Development Orientation Program, (2005, 2006, 2008)
         Served 3 years as panel member developed by the Dean of Faculties Office, for discussion with new deans and    department heads

 TAMU, Aggie Women In Leadership, mentor, 2004-2005

University of Arizona, Library Faculty Association’s Millennium Committee, 2002

Tulane University, Library Council Committee, 1993-1996

Tulane University, World Wide Web Committee, 1998-2001

            Library

TAMU, Cushing Memorial Library, Security Committee, 2006-2007

TAMU, Cushing Memorial Library, Database Development Committee, 2005-2007

TAMU, University Libraries, Lecturer Search Committee, Curator for Outreach, 2004.

TAMU, University Libraries, Hispanic Librarian/Curator, Faculty Search Committee, 2004.

TAMU, Cushing/Glasscock Award Committee, 2004

D.  Published Reviews, Indexing, Abstracting

• Hankins, Rebecca.  Book review, “Invisible Darkness,” by Charles R. Larson, The Amistad Chronicles, 1993.

E.   Other Professional and Scholarly Activit

1.      Consultancies, Internships, Etc.

• Texas A&M University Qatar, Library Oral History Project, 2008
  
• Prairie View A&M University-University Archives/Special Collection, 2006, 2008-9
  
• Birmingham Civil Rights Institute-Birmingham, AL-1999

• Helen S. Edwards Elementary School-New Orleans, LA-1997

                                            
2.       Courses Taught

Two graduate level archival classes in the School of Library and Information Science; acquisitions and appraisal, arrangement and description-University of Arizona-Spring 2002              
 

3.      Scholarly Activities

 “Archives of Epic Proportions:  A Problem Solving Approach to Managing Congressional Papers” Workshop development.  University of Arizona, Tucson, March 20-21, 2003.

 Presented a 2-day-Workshop-Organizing and Preserving Family and Organizational Treasures-Dallas, TX African American Museum, Feb 2007.

 4.  Continuing Education Activities: Conferences and Workshops Attended

ARL Project Management Institute.  Association of Research Libraries, College Station, TX-March 18-19, 2008.

MARC According to DACS: Archival Cataloging to the New Descriptive Standard. Society of American Archivists, College Station, TX-October 18-19, 2006.

Managing Literary Manuscripts:  Identification, Arrangement, and Description, Society of American Archivists, College Station TX, March 13, 2006

 Describing Archives:  A Content Standard.  Society of American Archivists, College Station TX, August 14, 2005.

Minnesota Institute for Early Career Librarians from Traditionally Underrepresented Groups, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, October 16-23, 2004.  Leadership training.  24 participants accepted by application to this biennial, intensive leadership training institute.

Real World Reference:  Moving Beyond Theory. Society of American Archivists College Station TX, October 14-15, 2004

Oral History:  From Planning to Preservation-pre-conference workshop. Society of              American Archivists, Boston MA, August 2004.

Archives of Epic Proportions:  A Problem Solving Approach to Managing Congressional Papers, workshop. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, March 20-21, 2003.

Arizona State Archives/Belfor USA- Disaster Planning Workshop-March 2003

Subtle Discrimination 2-day Diversity workshop-University of Arizona-March 2003

Information Literacy-workshop participant-March 2003

 Northeast Document Conservation Center’s “School for Scanning: Issues of Preservation and Access for Paper-Based Collections-1998

 Certificate-Society of American Archivists, USMARC Workshop-1992

 5.      Grant Writing-Archival Processing and Digital Projects

National Endowment for Humanities-successful-1999-2001-$170,000  Team effort in writing grant for processing ten civil rights collections at the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University.

 Institute of Museum and Library Services-successful-1999-2001-$185,000  Team effort writing a collaborative grant with Louisiana State University for digitizing photographic collections at the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University. I subsequently was the supervisor for implementing the digital project, acting as the liaison and reporting on progress.

6.      Grant Reviewer

National Historic Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), grant reviewer,           December 2002 and August 2008.

National Endowment for the Humanities, grant reviewer, 1998

Proposal reviewer
Hankins, Rebecca. Society of American Archivists, Pre-conference workshop proposal, Oral History, 2006

Hankins, Rebecca. CQ Press book proposal “African Americans in Congress,” October 2005.

Hankins, Rebecca. CQ Press book proposal “Encyclopedia of Civil Rights: Public Policy and Law in the United States,” March 2006.

7.      Exhibits

Black History Month Exhibit on Black writers in Evans Library-2 cases-Feb. 2008, Feb 2009.           

Banned Books Week- Evans Library-September 27- October 4, 2008

“Black Panther Party-From Black Power to Power to the People”. Developed concept and provided materials. February 1-March 31, 2007           

West Campus Library Celebrates Black History Month-assisted the Business Librarians (Karen MacDonald and Ron Hambric) with an exhibit on Black inventors and Black businessman. February 2007.

Africa’s Legacy:  Photographs in Brazil and Peru-February 2006    

“Brown v Board” exhibit developed and installed in Evans Library. February-December 2004.  Created the exhibit in cooperation with Carmelita Pickett and Valerie Coleman.

“The Sky Is Not the Limit:  African Americans in the Sciences” Black History Month exhibit developed and installed-online exhibit and     faculty discussion accompanied. University of Arizona Library. 2003.

“Blacks in Aviation/Scientists and Inventors” Black History Month exhibit  developed and installed-University of Arizona-Science and Engineering Library-2002 (Discussion panel included-photos.) Collaborated with Science & Engineering Librarian Patricia

“Exhibit of Sidney David Markman Photographs of Antigua, Guatemala” Latin American Library, Spring Semester 2001. Rebecca Hankins and Philip S. MacLeod, Curators  http://lal.tulane.edu/Antigua_Exhibit.htm

 E.    Honors

Plaque for dedicated service to the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA- Friends of Amistad Research Center, 1992.  Award rarely given to staff members of Amistad with less than 10 years of service; I had only worked there for four years when I was honored.