[Asis-l] Simmons SLIS Student Awarded Theodore Calvin Pease Award

[Alisa Libby]

Simmons SLIS Student Anna Robinson-Sweet has been awarded the Theodore
Calvin Pease Award for her paper, “Truth and Reconciliation: Archivists as
Reparations Activists.” The Pease Award, named in honor of the first editor
of The American Archivist, is given annually by the Society of American
Archivists in recognition of the best paper written by a student of
archival studies. Entries are judged on “innovation, scholarship,
pertinence, and clarity of writing.” Robinson-Sweet will receive a
certificate, a $250 cash prize, and her paper will be published in The
American Archivist (forthcoming Spring/Summer 2018, Vol. 81, No. 1).


"I am honored that my paper has been selected as the winner of the Theodore
Calvin Pease Award,” says Anna Robinson-Sweet. “The paper examines the
relationship between reparations campaigns and archives, arguing that this
relationship requires archivists to take on the role of reparations
activists, particularly in the movement for slavery reparations in the
United States. I look forward to presenting the paper at the annual SAA
conference this summer and its publication in The American Archivist, and
to getting feedback from the archivist community."


Robinson-Sweet wrote this paper for LIS 438: Introduction to Archival
Methods and Services. Assistant Professor Janet Ceja, who nominated the
paper for the award, says that “Anna’s paper articulates a much needed
student perspective on current archival discussions on social justice. Anna
expands on these discussions by framing social justice in archives through
the lens of reparations. Her work expresses an activist spirit that I see
many new professionals engaging with in theory and practice. Anna’s work is
also representative of how some students are making sense of and viewing
their roles as future archivists.”


Here's the list of award winners: http://www2.archivist
s.org/news/2017/2017-award-winners.
And here's more info on the award: http://www2.archivists.
org/governance/handbook/section12-pease

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Alisa M. Libby
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