Tracie D. Hall

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Tracie D. Hall
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Tracie D. Hall is an American librarian, author, curator, and advocate for the arts who has served as the Executive Director of the American Library Association since 2020, succeeding Mary Ghikas.[1] Hall was the first African American woman to lead the association since its founding in 1876.[2]

Biography[]

Hall was born and raised in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.[3]

She received a bachelor's degree in law and society and African American studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.[4] She went on to receive a Master of Arts in international studies from Yale University[4] and a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) from the University of Washington Information School, where she studied under Spencer Shaw.[5] She received a Mover and Shaker Award from Library Journal in 2004.[6] City mayor Eddie Perez designated February 13 "Tracie Hall Day" to acknowledge her service to community of Hartford, Connecticut.[7]

Prior to her appointment as ALA director, Hall served as the director of the Joyce Foundation Culture Program.[8] She also served as Chicago's Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. In libraries, Hall was vice president of the Queens Public Library and assistant dean of Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science. She was the director of the Office for Diversity for the American Library Association from 2003 to 2006.[9] Earlier in her career, she had worked at the Seattle Public Library and Hartford Public Library and run a homeless shelter in Santa Monica.[6] In the private sector, she worked as community investment strategist at Boeing’s Global Corporate Citizenship Division.[3]

Hall is founder and curator of Rootwork Gallery, an experimental arts space in Chicago founded in 2016. She has served as a visiting curator at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a visiting professor at Southern Connecticut State University, Wesleyan University, and the Catholic University of America.[10] A poet and playwright, Hall was a Cave Canem Foundation fellow.[3]

External audio
audio icon 'A Revolutionary Act': The Power Of A 21st Century Library Card, WBEZ[11]
audio icon Bonus Episode: One-on-One with New ALA Executive Director Tracie D. Hall, American Library Association[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "ALA Appoints Tracie D. Hall as Executive Director". American Libraries Magazine. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  2. ^ Feldman, Sari (June 5, 2020). "PW Talks with ALA Executive Director Tracie D. Hall". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "A Conversation with Tracie D. Hall Intersection Between Purpose and Experimental". BlogTalkRadio. January 16, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Levity of Libraries". UC Santa Barbara Alumni. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  5. ^ Hall, Tracie D.; McFarland, Michelle; Browne, Elise (July 7, 2010). "Remembering Dr. Spencer Shaw". www.hartfordinfo.org. Hartford Public Library. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "NY's Queens Library Brings In Youth Services Champion to New Post". Library Journal. August 29, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  7. ^ Spearman, Joah; Harrison Jr, Louis (2013). "Tracie Hall: Assistant Dean and Librarian at Dominican University". Real Role Models: Successful African Americans Beyond Pop Culture. University of Texas Press. pp. 43–46. ISBN 978-0-292-73679-5.
  8. ^ Hall, Tracie D. (May 1, 2019). "Aiming for inclusive community renewal, one Cleveland artist at a time". Cleveland. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  9. ^ "ALA Names Tracie D. Hall Executive Director". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  10. ^ "Visiting Curator: Tracie Hall". School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  11. ^ "'A Revolutionary Act': The Power Of A 21st Century Library Card". WBEZ and NPR. February 3, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  12. ^ "Bonus Episode: One-on-One with New ALA Executive Director Tracie D. Hall". Dewey Decibel Podcast. American Library Association. February 24, 2020.
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