Truth in Archives: A Panel Discussion with Archives Professionals

Lae'l Hughes-Watkins is currently the University Archivist for the University of Maryland. From 2013-2018 she served as the UA at Kent State University, where she was the curator for Kent State’s May 4 Collection, including the May 4 Oral History project that documents the 1970 campus shootings and the Black Campus Movement, highlighting student activism.

Kenneth Cohen is a curator and historian at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. His research focuses on how Americans of all stripes have used entertainment to express their political opinions.

Eric Hung is a musicologist and Adjunct Lecturer in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on Asian American music and public musicology. Current projects include a book on trauma and cultural trauma in Asian American music and an edited volume on public musicology.