Education: 2014 MS(LIS), Library and Information Science, Drexel University

2013, Study of the Americas, City College of the City University of New York

 

Research and Teaching Interests: Research and Teaching

Professor Santana's research focuses on three areas: 1. the activist activities of Latin American migrants in the United States; 2. the role of libraries and archives in communities of color; and 3. the ways in which libraries impact student lives.

 

Professor Nelson Santana is Associate Professor/Deputy Chief and Collection Development Librarian at Bronx Community College. In his role as Collection Development Librarian, Professor Santana leads the library’s efforts in developing and maintaining the library’s collection of resources, which supports the learning and research needs of the Bronx Community College students, faculty, and staff.

 

Professor Santana has been published in peer-reviewed journals, edited volumes, and online peer-reviewed forums including the International Journal of Information Diversity & Inclusion, Estudios Sociales, Latinx Talk, Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography(2016) edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Franklin W. Knight, Latin American Collection Concepts: Essays on Libraries, Collaborations and New Approaches (2019) edited by Gayle Ann Williams and Jana Lee Krentz, and Supporting Your Hispanic Students in Academic Libraries (2024) edited by Isabel Soto-Luna and Sommer Browning. 

 

Professor Santana is the recipient of several awards, grants, and fellowships including three consecutive Professional Staff Congress of the City University of New York (PSC-CUNY) Traditional A and B Awards, CUNY Faculty Fellowship Publication Program (FFPP), CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Fellowship, Dan C. Hazen Fellowship, an American Library Association/National Endowment for the Humanities American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries grant, an American Library Association COVID Relief Fund grant, LACUNY Travel Grant, Association of Research Libraries Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce Diversity Scholar (presently known as the Kaleidoscope Program), and several other honors. 

 

He has been active in several professional associations, holding board positions, including the Dominican Studies Association (DSA), Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM), and Library Association of The City University of New York (LACUNY).