Diversity & Engagement Librarian, Assistant Professor
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Simone Williams is diversity & engagement librarian and assistant professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She is a first-year librarian. Before her position at SIUE, she spent several years working at cultural institutions in the St. Louis metropolitan region in numerous positions. Additionally, she has an extensive history of working with students from historically underrepresented backgrounds, especially those from low-income, black, LGBTQIA+, and immigrant communities. Her research interests are Cultural Informatics and Heritage, Digital Humanities, Digital Libraries, Diversity and Social Justice, Information Access, Information Literacy, Social Media, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Community Informatics.
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Saturday, June 25, 2022
2:30pm – 3:30pm