Eric has been involved with the historic preservation and archival communities for over 15 years. A graduate of the University of Rhode Island, with a Masters in Library and Information Studies, he is a member of the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut. Eric’s experiences as a graduate student included an internship with the University of Arizona to research and create metadata files for the associated American Indian Film Gallery. He presented on his academic work with the University of Arizona at the 46th Algonquin Conference in 2014. He was also a member of the New England Archivist (NEA) Diversity Task Force in 2013. In addition, Eric served as a Project Intern for the Yale Indian Papers Project from September 2016-February 2017 and as a Native Editorial Assistant in 2018 and 2020.
