Adreonna Bennett is the community engagement archivist at UNC Charlotte’s J. Murrey Atkins Library in special collections and university archives. She initiates and leads collaborations with individuals, families, and organizations in the greater Charlotte region to preserve and share their history. She holds a BA in communication studies from UNC Chapel Hill with a minor in social and economic justice and an MLIS with an archival concentration from North Carolina Central University. Adreonna is the president of the Romare Bearden Branch of ASALH and serves on the Communiversity Board of Black Workers for Justice. Her research interests include African American history, North Carolina history, and community archiving practice. 

Desired Superpower: Time manipulation, both forwards and backwards. 

Conor Casey is head of the Labor Archives of Washington at the University of Washington. A certified archivist, they hold a US history MA and an MLIS. Conor served several terms as co-chair of the Society of American Archivists’ Labor Archives Section (2012–21), vice president of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association (2017–20), and president of the Northwest Historians Guild (2014–16). From 2019–23, Conor helped unionize libraries and press employees at UW, helping to win a first contract. Conor is currently serving on the Council of the Society of American Archivists, releasing a first album with their band, and semi-successfully navigating the Seattle rental market. 

Desired Superpower: Granting others superpowers, forming a perpetual chain of mutual aid and reciprocity.

Lauren Kata is an archivist, oral history interviewer, and a curious human. A graduate of Wayne State University, she has been an archivist for more than twenty years. After a personal sabbatical from 2017–2019, she re-entered the world of archives (but did she really ever leave?) to join the Library team at NYU Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. There, she is helping to grow the NYUAD University Archives. Lauren first joined SAA in 1997.

Desired Superpower: Healer

Emily Mathay is an archivist at the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University. She holds both an MA in history and an MLIS from Simmons University. Emily previously served on the steering committees for SAA’s Accessibility and Disability Section and the Students and New Archives Professionals (SNAP) Section.

Desired Superpower: Flight!

Camila Zorrilla Tessler is an archivist at the Beneicke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. She holds an MA in library and information science from the University of Arizona, where she was a Knowledge River Scholar, and a master’s in children’s literature from Newcastle University. She has been on the SAA Committee on Ethics and Professional Conduct and co-chair of the Latin American and Caribbean Heritage Steering Committee.

Desired Superpower: A selkie’s coat—the ability to turn into a seal! The beach and the ocean is really where my heart lives anyway, I want some perks to go with it.

Carmela Furio is an early career archivist with a background in accessioning, processing, and digital projects. They hold an MLIS from the University of Iowa and BAs in English and creative writing: publishing (yes, that is one major) and Italian. They established the LGBTQ Iowa Archives & Library’s digital oral history repository, LGBTQ Iowa Narratives, where they currently manage the collections’ processing and digital preservation needs. Their research focuses on bolstering grassroots community projects’ capacity for digital preservation. In their spare time, they like to bake Italian desserts and obsess over Batman comics.

Desired Superpower: Perfect mental cartography, both for stacks management and also because I get turned around easily.

Kate Greenberg recently graduated from Rutgers University with an MI concentrating in archives and preservation. She currently works as a graduate assistant at Rutgers, contributing to a variety of library and archives projects. Notably, she contributed to the Digital Alcohol Studies Archives project. Her professional and academic interests include digital collections management, exhibition development, and the histories of science and technology.

Desired Superpower: Super-memory. Kate wishes she could remember every single interesting detail she comes across in an archives (or anywhere else)!

Mary A. Caldera is an archivist, reader, avid podcast listener, and associate director for technical services in Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, with a BA and MLS from Texas Woman’s University.

Desired Superpower: ALL of them.

Hannah Stryker is the editorial and program specialist at the Society of American Archivists. In this position, she helps coordinate the Archives in Context podcast and the production of Archival Outlook and American Archivist. She has a BA in journalism and cinema and media studies from the University of Maryland.

Bethany Anderson (former producer and founder) is the natural and applied sciences archivist and assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She served as a reviews editor for American Archivist and has a master’s degree in information studies with a specialization in archival studies and records management from the University of Texas at Austin and an MA in near Eastern art and archaeology from the University of Chicago.

Desired Superpower: The ability to move archival boxes with my mind.

Rose Buchanan (former producer) is an archivist in the Archives 1 Reference Branch at the National Archives in Washington, DC, where she works primarily with headquarters-level records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other federal civilian agencies. Along with Stephanie Luke, Rose serves as the reviews co-editor for American Archivist. She is also a past chair of the Society of American Archivists’ Native American Archives Section.

Desired Superpower: Super speed

Chris Burns (former host) is curator of manuscripts and university archivist at the University of Vermont. He holds an MLIS from Simmons College and an MA in history from the University of Vermont. He is a member, and former Chair, of the Committee on Public Awareness (COPA).

Desired Superpower: The ability to dance like Prince.

Ashley Levine (former host) is the archivist and digital resource manager for Artifex Press, a New York City-based company dedicated to publishing digital catalogues raisonnés. He holds an MA in archives and public history and a BA in history from New York University. Ashley has been the editor of SAA’s Lone Arranger Section newsletter, SOLO, as well as chair of SAA’s Visual Materials Section’s Cataloging and Access Committee. Ashley is the director of advocacy for the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York (ART) and a member of the Concerned Archivists Alliance (CAA).

Desired Superpower: Teleportation. Let’s face it, the NYC commute isn’t getting any easier, so any time saved on transit contributes to archival processing!

Stephanie Luke (former producer) is the metadata librarian and assistant professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Along with Rose Buchanan, Stephanie serves as the reviews co-editor for American Archivist. Her other interests include reparative and inclusive description, bibliography, and digitization and digital collections.

Desired Superpower: Teleportation

Nicole Milano (former host and founder) is the former head of the Medical Center Archives at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine and visiting assistant professor at the Pratt Institute and New York University. She served as a member of SAA’s Publications Board from 2012–2021. Nicole received her BA and MA from the University of Florida and an Advanced Certificate in Archives from New York University.

Desired Superpower: Omnilingualism

Colleen McFarland Rademaker (former producer and founder) was the associate librarian, special collections at The Rakow Research Library, The Corning Museum of Glass until 2022. She served on the Society of American Archivists Publications Board (2014–2020) and as treasurer of the Midwest Archives Conference (2018–2020). Colleen received a BA in German and history from the College of Wooster, an MA in history from Cornell University, and an MLIS from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

Desired Superpower: The ability to time travel—not only because I am a history nerd, but also because this superpower would be useful in archival collection development.

Lolita Rowe (former project coordinator) is the assistant university archivist for outreach and engagement at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She holds an MLIS from the University of South Carolina Columbia.

Desired Superpower: Teleportation

Anna Trammell (former host) is the manager of archives and special collections at the Tacoma Public Library in Tacoma, Washington, which includes the Northwest Room Local History Collections and the Tacoma Community Archives Center. Anna holds an MLIS from the University of Illinois and is a certified archivist with the Academy of Certified Archivists. She is an alum of the Archives Leadership Institute and served as the appointed vice chair/chair elect of SAA’s Committee on Public Awareness.

Desired Superpower: Time manipulation—the ability to speed up / slow down / stop time as needed throughout the day. I’d get everything crossed off my to-do list!

JoyEllen Williams (former host) is the special collections and rare books curator at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia. She holds a BA in English from The University of Georgia, an MA in archival studies from Clayton State University, and a certification from the Academy of Certified Archivists. JoyEllen served as a member of the SAA Foundation Board until 2021 and the Atlanta Black Archives Alliance until 2018.

Desired Superpower: The ability to remember (and properly use) every new word I read. When I was a child, Anne from Anne of Green Gables was my vocabulary hero!