Alexandria Rayburn

Alexandria Rayburn is an Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Communication and Information, specializing in the Library & Information Science program. Her research examines data practices in library, archive, and museum (LAM) collections through an intersectional feminist lens, focusing on sustainable systems, metadata harm, and the gendered undervaluation of data labor.

• Education: PhD and MSI from the University of Michigan School of Information; BA in Museum Studies from Michigan State University.

Her scholarly work explores:

• Decolonization strategies in digital curation
• Paradata and provenance documentation
• Community-driven knowledge infrastructures
• Indigenous digital projects and ethical frameworks
• Historical gendered labor in museum computing

Recent publications address systemic friction in data migrations, reparative metadata guidelines, and Indigenous-led digital assessment frameworks. Her research bridges library science and critical data studies, emphasizing social justice in technical systems.

Scientific Awards:

• 2023 Best poster award at iConference
• 2024 Museum Studies Program Dissertation Fellowship

Alexandria previously collaborated with the Great Lakes Research Alliance (GRASAC) on data migration projects and contributed to practitioner venues like the Digital Library Federation and Museum Computing Network.