Honor Society® member
Radiance Flowers
- library and information science (mlis)
- Class of 2026
- Springfield, MA
Member since April 2026
About
Greetings. My name is Radiance Flowers(she/her) and I am honored to be chosen for membership in the Honor Society. I am currently a reference librarian at a public library in Western Massachusetts. In May, I will be graduating with a master of science degree in library and information science with a concentration in cultural heritage informatics from Simmons University in Boston. Though I enjoy my profession, I would love to become an academic librarian, and a historian with a focus on Black women's history in the United States. I would love to write a book about Black women preachers in the United States before, during and after the civil rights movement. If I can, I would love to leave the society with one of my favorite quotes by Maya Angelou that I try to do which is to "Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud."
Education
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Simmons University
library and information science
2023 – 2026
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University of Massachusetts Amherst
Afro-American Studies
2019 – 2021
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Westfield State University
Ethnic & Gender Studies and Communication
2015 – 2019
Honors and awards
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National Association of Multi-ethnicity in Communication New England
I won third place for the 2023 Media Pitch Contest
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African American Female Professor Award Association Scholarship
I was awarded the scholarship for academic achievement as a Black female student
Goals and interests
- Career goal
One of my dream career paths is becoming an academic librarian with a focus in humanities and special collections, including history. A final intended career path is becoming a museum curator one day.
- Graduate school interests
Some current grad school interests I have are academic librarianship, history, historic preservation, museums, and research.
- Outside the classroom
*In my free time, I enjoy practicing yoga/meditation, writing, reading, traveling, visiting museums, going to movies, and listening to music. I also enjoy conducting research especially about historic topics
Experience
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Librarian
East Springfield Library Branch: Springfield, MA
Jul 2023 – Apr 2026
Volunteering
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*Read stories to preschool students every fourth Wednesday of the month.
Samuel Bowles Elementary School
Nov 2025 – Feb 2026
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Helped serve food to underprivileged families monthly in the church's Lord's Table community initiative.
Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Sep 2009 – Sep 2019
Languages
- English (US)
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