Rebecca L. Hankins is the Africana Resources Librarian-curator at

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, whose research interests include

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and

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studies,

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, the

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, and Islam in science fiction and

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or mass art, sometimes contraste ...

Biography

Hankins graduated cum laude from

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and earned her master's degree at

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as Louisiana State University (LSU), is an American Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louis ...

. Hankins worked as the Assistant Librarian and Archivist at the

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and the Archivist of the Amistad Research Center at

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. In 2003, she joined the faculty of

as an Associate Professor and Archivist/Librarian/Curator for Africana Studies. She is the author of numerous articles and chapters and co-editor (with Miguel Juarez) of ''Where are all the Librarians of Color? The Experiences of People of Color in Academia'' (2016). Hankins is a Regent for Exam Development for the Academy of Certified Archivists. She was honored as a 2016 Fellow of the

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for her services to the archival profession and the Society. She is one of the editors of Islam and Science Fiction project. In December 2016, President Obama appointed Hankins as a member of the

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References

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