Assistant Professor

The recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, Professor Whorley has masters degrees in history and social history from the University of Virginia and Carnegie Mellon University, and she received her doctorate in library and information science from the University of Pittsburgh. She has taught archival access and advocacy, and management of records and information resources. Her research interests focus on governmental and state archives and the relationships between access, privacy and collective memory. Her most recent essay, entitled "The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Access & Control Over Controversial Records," was published in the edited volume Political Pressure & the Archival Record.

Teaching Areas

LIS 438: Introduction to Archival Methods and Services
LIS 440: Archival Access and Use

Articles and Book Chapters

• Whorley, Tywanna. "The Tuskegee Syphilis Study and the Politics of Memory," in Archives and the Public Good: Accountability and Records in Modern Society, eds. Richard Cox and David Wallace. (Westport, Conn.: Quorum Books, 2002).
• Whorley, Tywanna and Marshall, Jennifer. "Archives, Public Records, and Records Management," in The Encyclopedia of Communication and Information, ed. Jorge R. Schement. (New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001).
• Whorley, Tywanna. "Harry Tyson Moore: The Unknown Soldier for Freedom," Journal of Negro History, 74:2 (Spring 1994), pp. 197-211.

Presentations

• "The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Access and Control Over Controversial Records," as part of panel: "Facilitating Accountability in Democratic Societies: A Priority for the Archival Community" at Association of Canadian Archivists, Montreal, Canada, May 28, 2004.
• The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Access and Control Over Controversial Records," at "Political Pressure and the Archival Record" International Conference, sponsored by LUCAS: Center for Archive Studies, Liverpool University, July 22-25, 2003.
• Convener, Archives and Records Management Special Interest Group: "The Role of Research In Promoting Greater Accountability in Management of Archives," Association for Library And Information Science Education 2003 Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 21-24, 2003.

Academic Background

B.A., University of Virginia
M.A., University of Virginia (History)
M.A., Carnegie Mellon University (Social History)
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

 

Contact Information

Room P-204K
Phone: 617-521-2840
Fax: 617-521-3192
Email: tywanna.whorley
@simmons.edu

See also:

Archives Program
Repository Form for Internship Request, Fall 2004 (download)

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