Rhonda D. Jones
Archivist
Heritage Informatics Specialist
Historian
Intrepid Traveler
Storyteller
About Me
Cultural Heritage Informatics Specialist
Working at the intersections of history, libraries, archives, and museums, I specialize in the role of cultural heritage, memory, and digital informatics. Passionate about documenting and preserving the historic traditions of underrepresented communities, I curate compelling stories and experiences at home and abroad. I have authored and offered presentations on digital storytelling, lynching, and racial violence during the Jim Crow era, oral history, the development of personal and community archives, and resource mobilization during the Civil Rights Movement.
My manuscript in progress entitled, Archives, Lynching, and the Dereliction of Black Bodies is currently under review.
Experience
2019-present
University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Community Digital Archivist2018-2018
Fulbright Visiting Professor
University of Cheik Anta Diop2017-2018
Northeastern University School of Law, Civil Rights Restorative Justice Project
Lead ArchivistDesign skills
Web design
Print design
Graphic design
Software expertise
WordPress
Omeka
Microsoft Office Suite
Education
Ph.D., Howard University
HistoryM.S.L.S. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Library and Information Science concentration in ArchivesM.A. Howard University
Public History & Archive FundamentalsHonors and Awards:
Fulbright Specialist, 2020-2023
Library and Museums
Fulbright Visiting Professor, 2018-2019
University Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD)
WARA/WARC Library Fellow, 2015
West African Research Association/West African Research Center
Critical Language Scholar (CLS), Bahasa Indonesia, 2014
University of Malang
Association of Black Women’s Historians, 2014
IRDW Fellow, 2013-2015
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce
Spectrum Scholar, 2013
American Library Association (ARL)
Mosaic Fellow 2013
Society of American Archivists (SAA)
Your Heritage Matters
Consulting Expertise
Setting the Standard in Cultural History Management
I started Your Heritage Matters, Inc. to deliver hands-on, practical research, writing, and editing expertise. These are presented through top-notch workshops and lectures that are always compelling, inclusive, relevant, and accessible to academics, practitioners, and general audiences.
YHM holds these client-centered values:
- archive fundamentals (personal and community)
- book publishing
- digital storytelling
- digital mapping
- Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)
- foodways
- ghostwriting
- grant writing
- markers, trails & signage nomination
- memorials & monuments
- museology
- oral history
- photo restoration
- podcasting
- preservation
- reenactments
- virtual reality
Podcast
anchor.fm/kickingupthedust
New in 2020:
Travel
Are You A Traveler or Tourist?
Twenty years, 15 countries, 6 continents, and counting. Let's celebrate all the nomads, saunterers, amblers, sojourners, lollygaggers, roamers, wayfarers, drifters, sightseers, strollers, or anyone else out there who dares to follow their dreams.
Elmina, Cape Coast Ghana
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I’d be happy to join you in conversation about how my expertise can help you with your next project!
Testimonials
Dr. Rhonda Jones is a dedicated historian, scholar, and educator who understands the importance of performing to the best of her ability at all times in all three of these areas. As a colleague Rhonda works to support fellow historians and others in the academy by guest lecturing, sharing resources, writing letters of recommendation, and sharing her mastery of digital applications.
Dr. Rhonda Jones is a friend and colleague whose academic credentials and diverse professional experiences are unique. Coupled with an engaging personality and unrelenting work ethic, Dr. Jones always sees possibilities, never limitations. Her outstanding reputation as a public scholar, researcher, writer, and community archivist is well deserved. As a colleague, she works to support fellow historians and others by sharing her mastery of Open Access (OA) resources and other digital applications. Because of her intelligence, humanity, grace, and dignity, and her ability to collaborate, I look forward to working with her on my current film projects and supporting her in her future endeavors.
