Alexia Hudson-Ward

Alexia Hudson-Ward is Associate Director of Research & Learning of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Libraries. Her past roles include the Azariah Smith Root Director of Libraries for Oberlin College, Penn State University tenured librarian, award-winning entertainment editor, public radio promotions coordinator, and Coca-Cola Company marketing manager. She contributes service to the cultural heritage & higher education communities as a trustee of the Corning Museum of Glass & on the Board of Directors for The Center for Research Libraries, LYRASIS, and The Conversation U.S. Edition.
 
Alexia is a member of the American Antiquarian Society, the MIT Press Editorial Board, and an Advisory Board member of the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography. She is also Editor-in-Chief of Toward Inclusive Excellence, a popular multimedia blog dedicated to illuminating diversity-centered research. She holds an MLIS degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a BA in English Literature and African American Studies from Temple University. Alexia is currently a Simmons University doctoral candidate in the Managerial Leadership in the Information Professions program and holds several professional certificates.