Libraries Leader

social inclusion and justice, designing empirical models for demonstrating the value of the library and the museum, and emerging and entrepreneurial technology are all spaces where rich opportunities for dialogue and collaboration reside,” she says.

At Hunter College, Dent has served as co-chair of the Presidential Task Force for the Advancement of Racial Equity. Important to her work at Emory, Dent believes strongly in the role of the library and museum in civic outreach and has a deep understanding of libraries and museums as centers of community empowerment and civic responsibility.

Dent is an active scholar who travels, conducts and publishes high-impact research, and presents globally. She has a robust and consistent record of scholarly achievement in the areas of chronic poverty and literacy, rural African libraries, and literacy culture development and is a Fulbright Scholar.

In her position at Emory, Dent will help shape the libraries’ and museum’s support of the student flourishing and AI.Humanity initiatives.

“Aligning teaching, learning, and research opportunities with the mission of Emory University can help build a community of caring, well-informed, and civically engaged students,” Dent says. “And the museum and libraries can all play a pivotal role.”