I’m pleased to announce that Edith Villasenor has joined the William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library staff. Edith earned a BA in in Art History from UH and worked in the Jenkins Library as a student shelver from 2014-2016. While a student she served as Vice President of the Blaffer Student Association and the Treasurer of the Jenkins Library Ambassadors. Edith has worked as a docent at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and as a volunteer at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Lawndale Art Center. She interned in the Blaffer Art Museum’s Education Department and as an archival and curatorial assistant at the 1940 Air Terminal Museum. In her new role as library supervisor, Edith will supervise the student shelvers as well as the Jenkins Library Student Ambassador program. She will also be heavily involved in outreach activities and research instruction targeted at visual arts students enrolled in the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts. Edith may be reached at evillasenor@uh.edu or at 713-743-2340. Please join me in welcoming her back to UH.
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