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Ula Gaha

University Title:

Black Cultural Center Librarian

Division/Unit(s):

Black Cultural Center

Location(s):

Black Cultural Center

219D

Hicks Undergraduate Library

G931

Professional Information

Liaison Areas:

African-American Studies

Research Areas:

African American literature; Literature of the American South; Black Feminist Thought; Feminist Theory; Queer Theory; William Faulkner Scholarship; Information Literacy; Mentoring in Academic Libraries; Social Media in Academic Libraries.

Education:

University of South Carolina (USC), Columbia, SC / December 2011: Specialist degree in Library & Information Science - emphasis in academic libraries

University of South Carolina / May 2010: M.L.I.S.

University of South Carolina / May 2010: M.A. in English - emphasis in American Literature after 1900. Thesis: “The Futility of Conformity: The Danger of Gender Constructs in The Sound and the Fury”

Augusta State University (ASU), Augusta, GA (now Augusta University) / December 2007: B.A. in English, minor in Women's Studies

Memberships and Service:

• American Association of University Women • American Library Association / Gender & Women’s Studies Publications Committee • Association of College and Research Libraries • National Women’s Studies Association • Southeastern Library Association / Member of the Membership & Mentoring Committee (2013-2018) • Modern Language Association • The William Faulkner Society

Publications

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Presentations

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