Nick Wantsala is the new Kenya S. Flash Resident within the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Accessibility department of Yale Library. Nick is a librarian with over ten years of experience working in Access Services.
Between 2018 and 2023, he worked at the Robert W. Woodruff Library at Emory University, where he served as a Library Coordinator for Access Services, Student Supervisor, and Research Specialist. Throughout Nick’s undergraduate career at the University of Cincinnati, he worked at Langsam Library and built on his dedication to librarianship by becoming a Technical & Equipment Specialist. He earned his master’s degree in Library and Information Studies from the University of Alabama this past May.
During his graduate work, Nick was a member of the Society of American Archivists and helped create and develop “Archives & Communities,” a podcast series through which archivists from across America share how they entered the profession. With a deep passion for librarianship and student and community engagement, he uses his creative ideas and initiatives to bring those communities together.
Nick earned his B.A. in Communications from the University of Cincinnati in 2015 and his M.A. in Library and Information Studies from the University of Alabama in 2023.