Dr. Aisha Johnson (she/her), Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Outreach at Georgia Institute of Technology Library, is a revelator of Southern library history. Formerly an Assistant Professor/MLS Program Director for the School of Library and Information Sciences at North Carolina Central University, she is committed to archival research, the production of minority librarians and archivists for cultural preservation, and redefining the scholar.

 She is well-versed in archival research, instruction, program administration, assessment and evaluation as well as curriculum development to produce practical professionals. With such a dedication to the field, Dr. Johnson encourages redefining the scholar by introducing primary source research with emphasis on synthesis and encouraging scholar practitioners. In 2020, she was dubbed Distinguished Alumni of Florida State University’s School of Information, College of Communication and Information. She has also been recognized by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History as a 2021 recipient of the Freedom Scholar Award.