Mya Ballin , a graduate student in archival studies at the University of British Columbia (UBC), is the recipient of the Mosaic Scholarship , which provides funding to students who demonstrate potential for scholastic and personal achievement and who manifest a commitment both to the archival profession and to advancing diversity concerns within it. Ballin’s commitment to diversity in archives shows in her service as an active member of the UBC School of Information’s Equity and Diversity Committee and in her volunteer work with Out on the Shelves, a nonprofit community library serving Vancouver’s LGBTQ2IA+ residents and their allies. In her research, she strives to meet the needs of marginalized communities in archives, determine strategies for allyship, and engage archives professionals in feminist, anti-racist, and decolonizing practices. Elena Hinkle , who is pursuing a graduate degree at Simmons University, is the recipient of the F. Gerald Ham and Elsie Ham Scholarship , which offers financial support to a graduate student in their second year of archival studies at a US university. In her thoughtful essay “Erasing Esther: Borrowing Concepts from Functional Analysis to Help us Hear the Archives’ Unheard Voices,” Hinkle relates the challenge in finding adequate archival documentation to create a story for a central character in a historical fiction novella and proposes that archivists adapt certain elements of functional analysis to address inequities in their collections. Hinkle is an active member of the SAA student chapter at Simmons and has presented at state and national archival meetings. Ishmael Ross , who is pursuing a master’s in library and informa-tion science and an archival studies certificate at Louisiana State University (LSU), received the Josephine Forman Scholarship , sponsored by the General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church in cooperation with SAA. The scholarship provides financial support to minority students pursuing graduate education in archival science. In his studies and work, Ross has focused his archival efforts on preserving and amplifying African American history. He works at the Central City Public Library in New Orleans, where he assisted in creating an exhibit on local Black feminists. He also holds an internship at the Amistad Research Center, where he works with African American and Civil Rights-related manuscripts and materials. 22 ARCHIVAL OUTLOOK September/October 2020
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