Ashley Todd-Diaz is Curator of Special Collections and Archives and Assistant Professor at Emporia State University in Emporia, KS. Before moving to Kansas, Ashley worked at New York University’s Fales Library and Special Collection for two and a half years. Prior to that, she gained experience in a range of academic, government and museum archives, including Vassar College’s Archives and Special Collection, the National Archives at New York, the New York Historical Society, and the Harness Racing Museum’s Peter Haughton Memorial Library. A native of New York’s Hudson Valley region, Ashley received her MSIS with a concentration in Archives and Records Administration from the University at Albany, her MA in English Language and Literature from New York University, and her BA from Sarah Lawrence College.