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Patrick McGee

(he/him)

Archivist and Researcher

Patrick McGee (he/him) is pursuing an MA in History and MLS in Information Studies at Queens College. His research involves the intellectual history of fascism, archival theory in the late 20th century, and issues of modernism and postmodernism. He currently works as the Open Educational Resources Specialist at the Mina Rees Library, and a Research Fellow at the CUNY Archival Technologies Lab.

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Contact

[email protected]

Website

demonstrativesignfield

Education

  • 2023-present. CUNY Queens College, MLS/MA in History and Library Science
  • 2021-2022. The New Centre for Research and Practice, Transdisciplinary Studies Certificate
  • 2015-2018. Manhattan School of Music, BFA in Jazz Performance

Publications

  • Peer-Reviewed Publications
  • 2025. McGee, P. “The peasant’s shoes: Confronting the historiography of postmodernism in
    archival theory,” American Archivist (forthcoming).
  • Conference Papers
  • 2024. McGee, P. “Archival destruction: The body politic, ritual violence, and the antinomies
    of Enlightenment,” International Conference on the History of Records and Archives,
    Kingston, Jamaica.
  • 2024. McGee, P. “Networking disparate pedagogies: Building a digital ecosystem using
    CUNY’s Open Platforms,” Open Education Symposium, New York City.
  • Reports
  • 2025. McGee, P., and J. Lowry. “Artificial Intelligence, warfare, and evidence in international
    contexts: Annotated bibliography,” International Research on Permanent Authentic
    Records in Electronic Systems Project.
  • 2023. McGee, P. “Information Literacy Literature Review,” Pressbooks, self-published.
  • Public Scholarship
  • McGee, P. “Memory dispatch no. 1: A community awaiting discovery,” GC Advocate.
  • McGee, P. “The scorched earth of memory,” GC Advocate.
  • McGee, P. “In the Divide,” 2×2 Periodical.
  • Blogs
  • McGee, P., “Information literacy as social process,” Information Literacy at CUNY.
  • Posters
  • McGee, P., and N. Milbrodt. “Introducing a city to itself: A university’s archives
    reflects on New York City,” National Council for Public History.

Positions

Open Educational Resources Specialist, Mina Rees Library, CUNY Graduate Center
Graduate Research Fellow, CUNY Archival Technologies Lab, Queens College