Next Tuesday, November 23, is our staff and faculty development 1/2-day featuring
Karen Hunt, Director of the John Hope Franklin Research Center at
Duke, as our keynote speaker. Karen will ALSO host a brown bag lunch on
Monday at Noon in the Dean's Conference Room for anyone who would like
to spend some informal time with her.
Here's a bit more about Karen:
Before her current position, Karen Jean Hunt was the African Studies
and African American Studies Librarian at Duke University. Hunt grew
up in Detroit, Michigan. A graduate of Mumford High School, Class of
1974, she enlisted in the United States Air Force at 17. Stationed at
Norton Air Force Base, in San Bernardino, California, she was an
active member of the Norton AFB Honor Guard and Drill Team.
Leaving the military in 1980, she attended California State University
Long Beach. Hunt graduated with a B.A. in English (Creative Writing),
in 1983, and enrolled in a graduate English program at Wright State
University in Dayton, Ohio.
In 1985, Hunt joined the Peace Corps and was sent to Kenya for two
years. Returning to Wright State in 1988, Hunt received her M.A. in
Public History in 1989.
After a year at the National Archives and Records Administration, Hunt
relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1991. In 1992, she returned to
Michigan to attend graduate school at the University of Michigan.
Graduating from the School of Information and Library Studies in
eleven months, Hunt began work at The College of William and Mary in
the fall of 1993.
In 1996, she became the California State University Archivist and Head
of the Department of Special Collections and University Archivist for
California State University, Dominguez Hills.
In 1997, she created the California State University Archives
Association. Leaving California in 2002, Hunt moved cross-country,
relocating to Durham, North Carolina. Along with her employment at
Duke, Hunt is a volunteer for the American Red Cross.
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