Eric Hemenway, an Anishinaabe/Odawa, is the Director of Repatriation, Archives, and Records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians of Waganakising—The Land of the Crooked Tree—located in the northwest portion of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. He has a lifelong involvement in researching Odawa history.

He has collaborated widely with museums, universities, the National Park Service, schools, and various governments in conducting and presenting research to a broad range of audiences, including students, staff, faculty, and the general public. He brings extensive speaking experience, numerous writing accomplishments, and media projects to his work.

Oral History Workshop by Dr. Willie McKether

Dr. Willie McKether served as Chancellor of the Thomas Jefferson East Falls campus through July 2022. He was named the University of Toledo's Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion as well as Provost in June 2016. Formerly, he was associate dean in UToldeo's College of Languages, Literature and Social Sciences (now the College of Arts and Letters) and an associate professor of anthropology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. 

His academic areas of focus include African-American migration and culture, as well as business anthropology, from Wayne State University. 

Dr. McKether's community involvement includes: founding member (2009), Edrene Cole African-American Oral History Collection in Toledo; advisory board member, Art Tatum African-American Resource Center at the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library; member of United Way of Greater Toledo's African-American Leadership Council; and is a Board of Trustee member with YMCA.