Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa Ph.D.
Affiliated Assistant Professor
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Biography
Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa (she/her) has been an active practitioner, educator and
consultant in the field of cultural heritage preservation for over 30
years. From 1985 to 1987 she was project archivist (supported by the
National Historical Publications and Records Commission) at The Johns
Hopkins University Peabody Institute. In August 1988 she was hired as
the first preservation officer for the University of Texas at Austin
General Libraries, and in 1996 became the first Digital Programs
Librarian for the Libraries. Ellen was the founding director of the
William and Margaret Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural
Record, a position she held from 2005-09 in the University of Texas at
Austin School of Information. During her nine-year tenure in the School
of Information, 2000-09, she taught courses in digitization and
preservation management, advised and mentored students pursuing
Certificates of Advanced Study in preservation administration and
conservation, served on doctoral committees, and spearheaded
collaborative educational initiatives. She served as president of the
Association of North American Graduate Programs in Conservation from
2005 through 2009.
In 2015, Ellen became
Associate Director and Head of Preservation and Conservation at the
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at
Austin. In 2016 she was awarded the American Library Association’s Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Award in Preservation. In 2022 Ellen received the Publication award from the American Institute for Conservation for Mooring a Field: Paul N. Banks and the Education of Library and Archives Conservators (The Legacy Press, 2019). Ellen holds the PhD in
American Studies and an MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin. She
received an Endorsement of Specialization in Administration of
Preservation Programs for Libraries and Archives from Columbia
University’s School of Library Service.
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