Biography
Dina Kellams has been Director of the
Indiana University Archives since 2015. Dina’s research interests include student life, Indiana University history, and teaching with primary sources. She regularly writes and presents on Indiana University history. Dina’s professional affiliations include the Society of American Archivists, the Midwest Archives Conference, and the Society of Indiana Archivists, where she has served in leadership roles or contributed to their missions through committee work. She has served on the Advisory Board for the Archives Leadership Institute and in 2022 was appointed to the Indiana State Historic Records Advisory Board. On campus and within the Libraries, she has served or led several committees and working groups, including numerous terms on the Bloomington Library Faculty Council, serving as its President in 2008-2009. In 2018, she received the IU Libraries’
William Evans Jenkins Librarian Award in recognition of her contributions to the Libraries, was awarded the Indiana University Bicentennial Medal in 2020 and in 2021, was one of 75 alumni to receive a Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indiana University High School Journalism Institute in honor of its 75th anniversary.
