Faculty Member
Office: (Off Campus) Georgia Archives Building
Archival Studies
College of Information and Mathematical Sciences
JoshuaKitchens@clayton.edu
Joshua Kitchens is the Director of the Clayton State Archival Studies program. Josh teaches a variety of courses at Clayton State that cover archival topics including Digital Preservation, Law and Ethics, Appraisal, and various special topics courses. Currently, Josh is researching appraisal practices and representation/access of archival collections and public records. Josh previously served as an Archivists for Special Collections at the Georgia College Ina Dillard Russell Library. There he was responsible for digital collections, the library’s institutional repository known as the Knowledge Box and university archives. He holds a BA in history from Georgia College and an MA in Applied History from George Mason University, and a Masters of Archival Studies from Clayton State University. Joshua is currently working on a Ph.D. in public history at Georgia State University. Joshua is also a certified archivist and serves on the Examine Development Committee for the Academy of Certified Archivist.
MA, Applied History, Georgia Mason University, 2008
Other, Clayton State University, 2014
Joshua Kitchens, Law and Archives, Society of Georgia Archivist – July 8 2016
Joshua Kitchens, Deborah Davis, International Archives Training in Belize, Society of Georgia Archivist Annual Meeting, Society of Georgia Archivist – October 22 2015
University, Institutional Review Board, Chairperson – August 2016 to Present
College, Graduate and Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Chairperson – August 2015 to May 2018
Committee Member, Academy of Certified Archivist Test Committee, National – September 2016 to Present
Board Member, Friends of the Georgia Archives, State – November 2015 to Present