Leisa Gibbons is an Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University. Leisa's primary research interests concern how technologies used in personal and community memory-making contribute to the formation of shared cultural heritage.



Leisa has a PhD and Masters in Information Management & Systems from Monash University, and a Bachelor of Arts from University of Western Australia. She ran her own consultancy for five years in Melbourne, Rhizome Digital, working with small to medium community and non-profit organisations to develop recordkeeping and archives programs until her move to the US. She is an accredited Records Manager, Archivist & Librarian.