Daena J Carrillo, DDes
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice
PhD: Environmental Sciences, 海角社区 (in progress)
DDes: Cultural Preservation/Archival Studies, 海角社区, 2024
Master's Degree(s): MLIS, 海角社区, 2019
Graduate Certificate(s): CARST, 海角社区, 2019
Bachelor鈥檚 Degree: B.A., City University of New York, City College, 2002
Biography
Daena Jean Carrillo is an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in the School of Information Studies at 海角社区. She received her doctorate in Cultural Preservation/Archival Studies from 海角社区. Dr. Carrillo is expanding on her research further with a second doctorate, a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences. She previously earned a MLIS and CARST at 海角社区. Before joining 海角社区, Dr. Carrillo previously held positions as a Project Archivist with the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Museum and the Cuba Family Archives for Southern Jewish History at The Breman Museum in Atlanta, Georgia. Her research interests include archival approach and response to the preservation of community archives, ecological knowledge, and ecosystem services.
Research Areas
Community Archives; Participatory Archives; Preservation Management; Climate Change; Climate Resiliency; Ecological Knowledge; Ecosystem Services.
Selected Presentations
Benoit, Trepanier, Fisher, Waddell, Hollis and Carrillo. Preparing and Responding to the Archival Impacts of Climate Change. Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Meeting, Online, April 2024.
Timbery, Narissa, Carrillo and Mosako. Sustainability in a Warming World. Archival Education & Research Institute (AERI), Baton Rouge, LA, June 2023.
Carrillo, Daena, Safeguarding Ecological Knowledge from the Effects of Climate Change: An Archival Approach. State of the Coast, New Orleans, LA, June 2023.
Selected Grants & Funded Projects
Gustaf W. McIlhenny Foundation Grant, 2022
Awards & Honors
U.S. Geological Survey Climate Adaptation Scientists of Tomorrow, 2023