ARL Leadership Symposium Hosted by
University of Michigan, January 2024
The ARL Kaleidoscope Program (KP) Task Force has chosen 18 graduate students to participate in the 2024 KP cohort, based on recommendations from the KP Selection Working Group.
The Kaleidoscope Program is a two-year commitment that aims to prepare IBPOC graduate students for purposeful and consequential careers in research libraries and archives through enriched leadership development and community-building opportunities. Scholars will receive financial support for tuition and professional development, attend virtual educational sessions, the ARL Leadership Symposium, the member institution site visit, participate in a formal mentorship program, peer-mentoring community, and individual coaching.
“Reading through each applicant’s unique journey, it was awe-inspiring and satisfying to know that the future of libraries is in more than capable hands propelling us towards a stronger future,” said Ted Quiballo, instructional technologies librarian at Northwestern University, and member of the KP Selection Working Group. “It gave me pause and reflection to read each of their experiences in their personal and professional lives as well as the support earned by them from their circles of influence. I’m very excited to see what this next cohort will contribute, not only professionally, but also to their community.”
The 2024 Kaleidoscope Program Scholars are:
- Sarah Meihui Bernstein, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & NC State University
- Gianna Brassil, San José State University
- Nebraska Chatham, Simmons University
- Nina-Simone Edwards, The Catholic University of America
- Tova Harris, University at Buffalo, SUNY
- Caitlin Valerie Herrera, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Danny C. Jimenez, Queens College, CUNY
- Mati Kassaye, University of Maryland
- Kaha Liban, Western University
- Amy Lim, University of Alberta
- T Lim, The University of Texas at Austin
- Rosal Lorico, University of California, Los Angeles
- Elvira (Vera) Mancini, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Bernice Meja, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Roxane Pickens, Long Island University
- Isabel Quynh Ryan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Melanie Salvat, Florida State University
- Emily Chen Taina, San José State University
For more information about the program and the 2024 Scholars, visit the KP website.
About the Association of Research Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of research libraries in Canada and the US whose vision is to create a trusted, equitable, and inclusive research and learning ecosystem and prepare library leaders to advance this work in strategic partnership with member libraries and other organizations worldwide. ARL’s mission is to empower and advocate for research libraries and archives to shape, influence, and implement institutional, national, and international policy. ARL develops the next generation of leaders and enables strategic cooperation among partner institutions to benefit scholarship and society. ARL is on the web at ARL.org.
