Positions

Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Professions, College of Education

Contact Info

youngmant25@ecu.edu

Tyler Davis Youngman

overview

Dr. Tyler Youngman writes and teaches about the history and philosophy of cultural destruction, with an emphasis on the study of pastmaking: how documental artifacts, performances, and systems mediate historical truth, knowing, and becoming. Their agenda advances cultural heritage informatics and advocates for reparative bibliographic preservation practices rooted in commemorative justice. Their international recognitions include best paper awards from ALISE (2022, 2023, 2024), ASIS&;T (2023), and IJIDI (2024). Youngman is an alumnus of Syracuse University (PhD, CAS, MSLIS) and serves as an Assistant Professor in Library Science and Associate Director of the Community Archives Lab at East Carolina University.

member of

co-principal investigator on

East Carolina University / Faculty Organizing for Community Archives Support (FOCAS) Internship & Resource Development Project awarded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2025 - 2026

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