Claire Galloway Jenkins, Candidate for Nominating Committee

Professional Experience: Director of Archives and Records, Archdiocese of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013–present. Director of Records Management and Archives, Diocese of Fort Worth.  Fort Worth, Texas, 2011–2013. Archivist for University, Labor, and Political Collections, University of Texas at Arlington, Special Collections, Arlington, Texas, 2008–2011. Archivist, Texas Christian University, Special Collections, Fort Worth, Texas, 2006–2008. Graduate Assistant, William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Materials Project and Library, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2003–2005. 

Education: Certified Archivist, 2008. Certified Records Manager (CRM), 2016. Master of Arts, Public History, December 2005, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas. Concentration in Museum Studies. Bachelor of Arts, History, 2003, Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana.

Professional Activities: Academy of Certified Archivists, 2008–present: Appeals Team, 2015; Recertification Petition Review Committee, 2011–2014; Association of Catholic Diocesan Archivists, 2011–present; Executive Board, 2013–2015; Finance Committee, 2014–present. ARMA, International, 2011–present. Atlanta ARMA Chapter, 2013–present; Board of Directors (Secretary), 2014–2015; Board of Directors (Treasurer), 2015–present. Leading Edge class of 2013 (a program of Leadership Fort Worth). Institute for Certified Records Managers, 2016. Metroplex Archivists, 2008–2013. Society of Georgia Archivists, 2013–present: Education Committee, 2013–2015; Education Committee Chair, 2015. Society of Southwest Archivists, 2006–present: Ad-Hoc Records Retention Committee, 2014; Membership Committee, 2008–2012; Membership Committee Chair, 2010–2012; Program Committee, 2010–2012; Executive Board, 2012–2014. Society of American Archivists, 2005–present: Acquisitions and Appraisal section, 2009–present; Business Archives section, 2011–present; College and University Archives section, 2005–2011; Key Contacts Co-chair, 2014–present; Labor Archives Roundtable, 2008–2011; Manuscript Repositories section, 2005–2009; Membership Committee/Key Contacts, 2008–present; Mentor, 2009–2011; Navigator, 2008–2011. 

Publications: “Acquisitions Augment the Archives.” Compass Rose 23, no. 1 (Spring 2009): 9. “Brain Trust.” The TCU Magazine, Fall 2007, 78-79. “Devout Caretaking: Mary Elizabeth Rives, Motherhood, and Family in Nineteenth-Century Louisiana,” Journal of Northwest Louisiana Historical Association 34 (2003): 155-170. "Grace Halsell Papers." Windows: Friends of the TCU Library Newsletter 19, no. 2 (March 29, 2007): 3. “Leadership Log.” Southwestern Archivist 31, no. 3 (2008): 48. “Library’s New Exhibit Focuses on TCU Student Life in the 1920s.” TCU This Week 13, no. 16 (January 7, 2008): 1. “New Exhibit in the Library Lobby.” Windows: Friends of the TCU Library Newsletter, 20, no. 1 (December 2007): 2. “New Library Exhibit Highlights Scholarly Work of Past TCU Professors.” TCU This Week 11, no. 38 (July 31, 2006): 2. “1920s Exhibit in the Library Lobby.” @ Your Library (Spring 2008): 3. “Object Lesson:  the Social Set.” The TCU Magazine, Winter 2007, 23. “Oh, the Stories It Could Tell.” The TCU Magazine, Spring 2008, 74-75. “Paul F. Boller, Jr. Papers.” Windows: Friends of the TCU Library Newsletter 19, no. 1 (November 2006): 7. “Professors of the Day.” @ Your Library, Fall 2006: 2. “Staff Spotlight.” The Compass Rose 22, no. 2 (Fall 2008): 2. “TCU Scrapbook Collection.” The TCU Magazine, Fall 2007, 56-57. “TCU Scrapbook Collection Sheds Light on Forgotten Facts in TCU’s History.” Windows: Friends of the TCU Library Newsletter 19, no. 2 (March 29, 2007): 7. “Time Frames.” Arlington Star-Telegram 31 August 2008. “You Can’t Do It Unless You Organize: Donor Relations, Access, and Management Issues Inherent Within Labor Collections.” Southwestern Archivist 32, no. 3 (August 2009): 20-21.

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Question posed by Nominating Committee: 

SAA’s strategic plan emphasizes the importance of diversifying the profession using a broad definition of diversity (race, culture, geography, institutional type, sexual orientation, age, constituent group, etc.). How is SAA currently cultivating a diverse group of future leaders for the organization, and how would you strive to represent this diversity within the slate of candidates?

Candidate's Response:

SAA has had an increasingly strong track record of cultivating a diverse group of future leaders for the organization. First, SAA has recognized and promoted the need for diversity “from the top down,” encouraging the idea that as leaders in SAA, we all need to be thinking of it as a diverse organization. This is demonstrated in Elizabeth Adkins’ 2007 Presidential Address, the 2010 SAA Statement on Diversity, and the 2014-2018 Strategic Plan. Second, SAA recognizes and awards diversity among its members in the annual Diversity Award, established in 2011. Third, SAA encourages a more “grassroots” approach to diversity through its Diversity Committee. Through these three areas, SAA addresses the issue of diversity from all angles, crossing the spectrum from governance to the individual member.

The key to the Nominating Committee striving to represent diversity within the slate of candidates is being aware of and promoting diversity at the early stages of the slating process. Before a pool of prospects is even discussed, the Nominating Committee should develop a matrix with various categories, such as institution type, section membership, round table membership, tenure in SAA, etc. When adding a prospective candidate to the matrix list, that candidate should be “coded.” This process will permit the Nominating Committee to see the prospects from a more balanced angle, allowing them to identify whether or not the potential slate is relatively diverse. Additionally, the Nominating Committee should develop at least one candidate question about how SAA can become a more diverse organization. This ensures that each nominee will address the issue.

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