Evelyn Cox

Evelyn Castro Cox (CHamoru) is a doctoral candidate in Information Studies and the Native Nations Center Research Project Manager at the University of Oklahoma. She holds a BA in English from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She obtained an MLIS as well as a Graduate Certificate in Archival Studies from the University of Oklahoma in 2018. She is a wife and proud mother of two boys, Tyler and Zach, as well as a retired public school teacher and coach who continues to work in education at multiple levels and in various capacities. Evelyn is also a 2016-2018 SAA Mosaic Program Fellow, a 2018 AAPB Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellow, and an EASP Scholar. Evelyn’s personal and professional work centers around promoting and supporting equitable representation, inclusion, and access for underrepresented and Indigenous voices and vantage points while also working to bridge the divides that exists in society and within institutional organizations.

Her areas of interest are related to cultural archivy, information access and representation, particularly around the use of technology for social, generational, and cultural preservation and transference.