Dana Chandler

Jury member for the Photographic Nights of Selma 2021

Dana Chandler has worked in a variety of capacities within both the private and public sectors. A trained surveyor, civil engineer and project manager, he has helped to design and build projects throughout the South and nation. In later years, Chandler had worked specifically with corporations seeking to start up recycling facilities in the U.S. and Latin America.

A trained archivist and historian, receiving his graduate degree from Auburn University, Chandler now works as the University Archivist/Assistant Professor at Tuskegee University. Prior to his tenure, the archives had been closed to use by researchers for several years. Within two years of his hire, the archives reopened for use by researchers. This has permitted an influx of researchers from around the world to visit the archives in search of the interesting materials that are held within its collections. During the last eight years, the archives as had over a thousand visitors.