Karen Jefferson

**Karen L. Jefferson** ƴar Amirka ce mai adana bayanai wacce ke aiki a matsayin Shugaban Tarihi da Tattalin Arziki na Musamman a Cibiyar Jami'ar Atlanta . Ta kasance memba na Society of American Archivists kusan kusan shekaru 40, tana aiki a Majalisar daga 1997-2000 kuma tana karɓar kyautar Fellows a shekara ta 2004.

## Ilimi
Jefferson ta sami digiri na farko a Tarihi daga Jami'ar Howard a shekara ta 1974. A shekara ta 1975, ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin kimiyyar ɗakin karatu daga Jami'ar Atlanta .

## Ayyuka
Ta fara aikinta a matsayin mai kula da ɗakin karatu a Cibiyar Bincike ta Moorland-Spingarn a Jami'ar Howard da ke Washington, DC a shekarar 1975.  Ta yi aiki a nan na tsawon shekaru 18 kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da rubuce-rubuce daga 1987-1993, tana sarrafa tarin ƙafafu 60,000.

A shekara ta 1993, Jefferson ya zama Jami'in Shirin a cikin Sashen Tsaro da Samun dama tare da National Endowment for the Humanities. Ta yi aiki a nan na tsawon shekaru uku, tana ba da shawara ga masu neman da kuma sa ido kan tallafi.

Daga nan sai ta yi shekaru biyu tana aiki a Jami'ar Duke a Cibiyar Bincike ta John Hope Franklin don Takaddun Afirka ta Amirka. A nan ta mayar da hankali kan sayen kayayyaki. Bayan shekaru biyu tare da Duke, Jefferson ta koma ɗakin karatu na Robert W. Woodruff na Jami'ar Atlanta a matsayin Shugaban Tarihi da Tattalin Arziki na Musamman. A nan, tana da alhakin ɗakunan ajiya waɗanda ke tallafawa Jami'ar Clark Atlanta, Cibiyar tauhidin Interdenominational, Kwalejin Morehouse, da Kwalejin Spelman.

Tun lokacin da ta koma Atlanta, Jefferson ta kasance mai aiki a wasu ɗakunan karatu da ƙungiyoyin ajiya. Ta yi aiki a matsayin malami, mai ba da shawara, marubuci, edita, da memba na kwamitin. Wasu daga cikin ayyukanta sun kai ga cibiyoyi da shirye-shirye kamar su Association of Certified Archivists, SOLINET, Society of Georgia Archivists. 

A shekara ta 2003, Jami'ar Maryland ta ba Jefferson lambar yabo ta James Partridge Outstanding African American Information Professional Award .

### Kungiyar Masu adana Tarihi ta Amurka
Jefferson ta taimaka wajen gano Archives da Archivists of Color Roundtable kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin co-editor na wasikar labarai. Ta kuma yi aiki sosai wajen binciken teburin zagaye kuma an tattara aikinta a cikin Archivists of Color Directory da ba a buga ba. Lokacin da ake tattara tarihin teburin, an nakalto Jefferson a cikin wata hira game da muhimmancin bambancin ga aikin adana bayanai: "Dole ne a tabbatar da cewa an haɗa dukkan mutane a cikin tarihin tarihin bil'adama. "

A cikin 1996/1997, Majalisar SAA ta nada Task Force on Organizational Effectiveness tare da daya daga cikin manyan batutuwan su shine yadda za a magance bambancin. Majalisar ta zaɓi ƙirƙirar Task Force on Diversity, tare da Karen Jefferson a matsayin memba da Kathleen Roe, Susan Fox da Deborah King. Rundunar ta bincika yadda SAA ke magance, ko a'a, batutuwan bambancin. A cikin tattaunawarsu, sun bincika tsarin ƙungiyar SAA da kuma yadda zai iya canzawa don ƙarfafa ayyukan da ke akwai da kuma yadda za a iya ƙarfafa bambancin gaba ɗaya a cikin aikin adana bayanai da Society.

Ta yi aiki a SAA ta hanyoyi da yawa: a kan Hukumar Tarihin Tarihi da Tarihi ta Kasa, Kwamitin Kyauta, Task Force on Diversity, a matsayin memba na Kwamitin Littattafai, kuma a matsayin wani ɓangare na Majalisar Society daga 1997-2000.

A shekara ta 2004, ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin masu karɓar lambar yabo ta SAA Fellows . A cikin aiwatar da zabarta, an nakalto magoya bayanta a cikin H. Thomas Hickerson game da nasarar da ta samu:Wataƙila mafi mahimmanci, ta sanya SAA mafi kyawun ƙungiya ga ƙwararrun 'yan Afirka na Amirka, kuma ta sanya SAa mafi kyawun ƙungiyoyi a sakamakon haka. A matsayinta na jagora da malami mai kirki da kulawa, ta yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara da kuma abin koyi ga matasa masu sana'a na Afirka. A matsayinta na jagora a SAA, ta kasance mai hikima da karfi a cikin shugabancin al'ummarmu.

## Manazarta