Summary
Brian Lucero is a lecturer and digital projects librarian with a Ph.D. in History and over a decade of experience at the intersection of archives, digital humanities, and open access publishing. He designs and teaches courses on memory, monuments, and the ethics of data while leading digital repository efforts at Columbia to scale metadata standards and content delivery. His career moves from hands-on special collections work and public-facing exhibits to training cataloging teams and advising on new digital tools, blending scholarly rigor with practical library infrastructure. Based in New York, he focuses on how race, power, and technology shape access to historical records and public memory. Colleagues know him for translating complex historiographical questions into reproducible digital projects that expand institutional repositories.
9 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), History, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), History at The University of New Mexico
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Latin American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Latin American Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York
Spanish