Positions

Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Professions, College of Education

Contact Info

youngmant25@ecu.edu

Tyler Davis Youngman

overview

Dr. Tyler Youngman is an Assistant Professor of Library Science and Director of the Community Archives Lab at the East Carolina University College of Education. They study pastmaking: how documental artifacts, performances, and systems mediate or destroy historical knowing and being. Their award-winning agenda in cultural heritage informatics advances reparative bibliographic preservation practices rooted in commemorative justice.

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education and training

B.A. in Music History and Cultures, Syracuse University
B.S. in Information Management and Technology, Syracuse University
C.A.S. in Women's and Gender Studies, Syracuse University
M.S. in Library and Information Science, Syracuse University
Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology, Syracuse University

awards and honors

IJIDI Global Engagement Award - Outstanding Research Paper of 2023, conferred by The International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion, 2024
2024 ALISE Best Conference Paper Award, conferred by Association for Library and Information Science Education, 2024
2023 ASIS&T 2nd Place Best Short Conference Paper Award, conferred by Association for Information Science and Technology, 2023
2023 ALISE Best Conference Paper Award, conferred by Association for Library and Information Science Education, 2023
2022 ALISE Best Conference Paper Award, conferred by Association for Library and Information Science Education, 2022