Curator Biographies
Lisa Unger Baskin
Lisa Unger Baskin, born in Brooklyn, educated in New York City public schools and Cornell University, is a political activist, book dealer, and collector. She curated the Phillis Wheatley 200th Anniversary exhibit and the inaugural exhibition at the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, Seneca Falls Women’s Rights National Historical Park. She is on the faculty of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and the board of the David Ruggles Center for History and Education.
Naomi L. Nelson
Naomi L. Nelson is the Associate University Librarian and Director of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University. She is on the faculty of Rare Book School at the University of Virginia and is a Presidential Appointee to the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Lauren Reno
Lauren Reno is the Head of Rare Materials Cataloging at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University. She sets metadata description policies and standards for a range of formats in the library’s priority collecting areas. She is particularly interested in how catalogers can use metadata to enhance researcher discovery of traditionally underrepresented people and topics.