2026 Review Panel

CLIR relies on independent reviewers and readers for feedback on Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices grant applications.

Reviewers

Independent reviewers provide scores and comments based on a rubric and meet as a review panel to decide which initial applicants will be invited to submit a final application. The review panel also evaluates the final application pool and makes funding recommendations to CLIR after each application cycle. 

Dorothy Berry

Digital Curator

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (US)

Makeba Dixon-Hill

Independent Consultant and Educator (US)

Karine Duhamel

Director

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (CA)

Jamal Fisher

Research Librarian

National Defense Library (US)

Megan K. Friedel

Lead Archivist

University of Colorado Boulder Libraries (US)

Raymond Frogner

Head of Archives

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, University of Manitoba (CA)

April M. Hathcock

Associate Dean for Open Knowledge and Collections Services

NYU (US)
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Charles Henry

President

CLIR (US)

Dominique Luster

CEO & Principle Archivist

The Luster Company (US)

Sheila McAlister

Consultant (US)

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Katie McCormick

Associate Dean for Special Collections

Florida State University (US)

Cait McKinney

Associate Professor

School of Communication, Simon Fraser University (CA)

Selena Ortega-Chiolero

Museum Specialist

Chickaloon Village Traditional Council (US)

Ashley Preston

Associate Professor of History

Howard University (US)

Hannah Scates Kettler

Head of Digital Scholarship & Initiatives

Iowa State University (US)

Matthew L. Sisk

Associate Professor of the Practice

University of Notre Dame (US)

Stephen Spong

Director, Law Library

Western University (CA)

Kimberly Toney

Coordinating Curator for Native American and Indigenous Collections

Brown Library (US)

Mark David Turner

Adjunct Professor

Memorial University (CA)

Martin Tsang

Independent Scholar (US)

Moriah Ulinskas

Collective Member

Community Archiving Workshop (CAW) (US)
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Lisa Uyeda

Collections Manager

Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre (CA)
Christa Williford

Christa Williford

Senior Director of Research and Assessment

CLIR (US)

Micah Zeller

Head of Scholarly Communication & Digital Publishing Services

Washington University in St. Louis (US)

Readers

Readers are responsible for reviewing initial applications and providing scores and comments based on a rubric. Their contributions are shared with the reviewers, who meet to decide which initial applicants will be invited to submit a final application.

Neel Agrawal

Director of Content Operations

Coherent Digital (US)

Jennifer Garcon

Librarian for Modern & Contemporary Special Collections

Princeton University Library (US)

DeLisa Minor Harris

Director of Library Services

Fisk University (US)

Ida E. Jones

Associate Director of Special Collections

Morgan State University (US)

Steve Marks

Digital Preservation Librarian

University of Toronto Libraries (CA)
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Monica L. Mercado

Associate Professor of History

Colgate University (US)

Trevor Owens

Chief Research Officer

American Institute of Physics (US)

Thomas Padilla

Public Interest AI Strategist

Authors Alliance (US)

Sandra Phoenix

Former Executive Director of the HBCU Library Alliance (US)

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Sarah Severson

Digitization & Special Collections Librarian

University of Alberta (CA)

If you would like to be considered for future review panels, please complete the CLIR Reviewer Expression of Interest Form. We will keep your information on file, and be in touch as additional readers and/or reviewers are needed. 

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