Education

PhD, American History and Public History, Loyola University-Chicago
MA, American History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
MLS, Specialization Archival Administration, University of Wisconsin-Madison
BA, History and Political Science, University of Iowa

Specializations 

GLAM digital stewardship; digital preservation; digital archives; history of archives; presidential libraries; GLAM leadership and organizational development; digital convergence; ethical AI; public history.

Biography

Dr. Angela Fritz joined the faculty in August 2024 bringing with her a distinguished career in the galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM) sector. She has held leadership positions at the Wisconsin Historical Society, the University of Notre Dame, and the Office of Presidential Libraries and Museums at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Drawing on this extensive experience, Dr. Fritz has contributed to several scholarly journals and edited volumes and served in several national service roles relating to GLAM leadership development, and digital stewardship advocacy and outreach. She is the author of Sustainable Enterprise Strategies for Optimizing Digital Stewardship: A Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Museums (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021). Dr. Fritz’s forthcoming book, expected in 2025, explores the intersection between AI, leadership studies, organizational development, and digital convergence within the GLAM field.  

Recent Projects and Presentations 

• Fritz, A. (September, 2025). Building advocacy and support for digital archives. Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) Certificate Workshop, Society of American Archivists.
• Coup, B., Berger, T., Baucom, E., & Fritz, A. (August, 2025). Balancing bots and bias: Generative AI and archival description. Society of American Archivists Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA.
• Campbell, P., Fisher, K., Fritz, A., & Oliveira-Abbey, R. Looking back, moving forward: Measuring the effectiveness of the digital archives specialist (DAS) certificate program, 2013-2024. Society of American Archivists Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA.
• Fritz, A. (April, 2025). Digital stewardship advocacy for impact. Digital Directions: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections, Visiting Faculty, Northeast Documentation Conservation Center.
• Fritz, A. (March, 2025) Ethical AI for public historians. Pre-conference Workshop, National Council on Public History Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.
• Fritz, A. (November, 2024). Future forward: Emerging career paths for archivists. Professional Development Series, School of Library and Information Science, University of Iowa.
• Fritz, A. (October, 2024). Exploring digitized GLAM collections through the lens of critical data literacy. Association of Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Portland, OR.
• Bateman, M., Fritz, A., Mattock, L., & Siebert, H. (October, 2024). The tech core curriculum: Teaching technology as a core competence. Association of Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Portland, OR.

Recent Publications

• Fritz, A. (2025). ‘Developing others in digital stewardship’: Intersections between critical data literacies, an ethics of care, and digitized collections in GLAM institutions. In M. Y. Isuster & A. B. Rod (Eds.), Data culture in academic libraries: A practical guide to building communities, partnerships, and collaborations. Association of College and Research Libraries.