Biography

I'm Michael Barera, the University and Labor Archivist at the University of Texas at Arlington, a University of Michigan alumnus (BA 2012 and MSI 2014), and a native Ann Arborite. I was previously an archivist at Texas A&M University–Commerce. I also have previous archival internship and volunteer experience at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, the Benson Ford Research Center at The Henry Ford, the Land of Sunshine digital humanities project at the University of Michigan, the Michigan History Project, and the University of Michigan's Labadie Collection. My hobbies include reading, photography, Wikipedia, and cooking.