Krystal Appiah is the Head of Collection Development at the Small Special Collections Library, where she also serves as curator for the Virginia and African American collections. Previous positions include serving as curator of African American History at the Library Company of Philadelphia and as a research archivist at the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland at the Maryland State Archives. In 2019, she was co-investigator with Brenda Gunn of the Ithaka S+R study, Supporting Teaching with Primary Sources, which examined UVA faculty’s practices for teaching undergraduates with primary sources. Appiah is active in the Society of American Archivists, where she was elected to the society’s council in 2022. She holds a master’s degree in library and information studies with a specialization in archival studies from UCLA and a master’s degree in public humanities from Brown University, where she was the 2009–11 fellow for the study of the public history of slavery. Her research interests include African American history, print culture, women’s studies, and the history of education.