Porchia Moore is an ABD (All But Dissertation) PhD candidate dually enrolled in the School of Library and Information Science and McKissick Museum’s Museum Management Program at the University of South Carolina. She is the recipient of the Cultural Heritage Informatics Leadership fellowship as endowed by the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant. Her work employs Critical Race Theory as an informative framework for interrogating and exploring the museum space as a means to advocate for inclusion in the museum world. She is currently a consulting curator for the Columbia Museum of Art which recently was awarded the IMLS 2016 Medal of Honor. In this position, she has been given her own rotating gallery space which she has entitled, Spoken, in which to curate African American art from the permanent collection.  Her research includes the intersection between culture, technology, information, and race and their connections with libraries, archives, and specifically museums. She is a 2013-2014, 2014-2015 Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC) Scholar.  She is a consulting curator and inclusion strategist at several cultural heritage institutions across the country.

She is a board member for the Friends of African American Art and Culture board at the Columbia Museum of Art. Currently, she has been appointed to the Women and Gender Studies Board at the University of South cCarolina. She recently ended a three year appointment to the Professional Development Committee, which helps design and plan the annual conference for the South Carolina Federation of Museums. She regularly presents on race, culture, and museum and library conferences nationally and internationally. Moore is a regular contributing writer for The Incluseum and serves as one of the creators and advisors for the Museums and Race project. She is an avid lover of museums, having explored museums from Malaysia to New Zealand and back. Follow her on Twitter @PorchiaMuseM.

Board member since: 2016

Current position: Member of the Reader Engagement Action Team