Angela Fritz teaches SLIS 6350: Archives: Theory & Practice. This course provides an overview of archival theory, practice, and professional ethics as well as engages students in critical thinking about the power of archives in sustaining social memory, fostering open government, and advancing inclusive interpretations of history. She also teaches SLIS 6145: Digital Preservation and Stewardship which explores the concepts, theories, and practices related to the preservation and continued stewardship of born-digital and digitized materials that are managed by libraries, archives, museums, and heritage sites. 

Dr. Fritz has over twenty-five years of experience working with archives, museums, and special collections. She has held leadership positions at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Hesburgh Libraries at the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Arkansas Libraries. Her prior experience also includes serving as an archivist for the Office of Presidential Libraries and Museums where she worked on presidential library development. She has a PhD in public history from Loyola University-Chicago, where she was awarded a Crown Fellowship in the Humanities, she holds a master’s degree in library science with a concentration in archival administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from the University of Iowa. She is the author of Sustainable Enterprise Strategies for Optimizing Digital Stewardship: A Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Museums.