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RHEA BALLARD-THROWER

Apr 29, 2021

Rhea Ballard RHEA BALLARD-THROWER has been appointed university librarian and dean of libraries at the University of Illinois Chicago. Previously executive director of the Howard University Libraries and a tenured professor at the Howard University School of Law, Ballard-Thrower holds a master’s in information and library studies from the University of Michigan and a juris doctorate from the University of Kentucky College of Law.

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