Recognized for his leadership, Mr. Wheeler has been involved in innovative projects regarding legal information and the legal education industries, consistently advocating diversity and inclusion.
PROVIDENCE, RI, January 05, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ — Ronald E. Wheeler, JD, MLIS, has been inducted into Marquis Who’s Who. As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Mr. Wheeler is a respected attorney and expert in library science who joined Boston University in the school of law in 2016 as the associate dean of the Fineman and Pappas Law Libraries and associate professor of law and legal research. Responsible for supervising a team of more than 20 employees directly and indirectly, he also collaborates with three associate directors and teaches two sections of first-year legal research.
Noting the significance that law libraries serve, Mr. Wheeler says they play a critical role in democracy by educating lawyers involved in all aspects of society and in law firms. Legal research is an essential part of the legal system, and law librarians, along with the power of law libraries, he believes, are indispensable because they provide access to the legal framework that keeps everyone safe and secure in their daily lives.
Before joining Boston University, Mr. Wheeler was the director of the law library and information resources in the law school at Suffolk University from 2014 to 2015, the director of the Zief Law Library and an associate professor of law at the University of San Francisco between 2010 and 2014, the associate director at Georgia State University’s College of Law Library from 2006 to 2010, and the assistant director for faculty, research, and instructional services at the University of New Mexico School of Law Library between 2001 and 2006.
Recognized for his leadership, Mr. Wheeler has been involved in innovative projects regarding legal information and the legal education industries, consistently advocating diversity and inclusion. He also frequently writes essays about ethics and the role of law libraries in society. Mr. Wheeler notably authored a 2014 article, ‘Let’s Talk About Race.’ Published in the Law Library Journal in volume 106, he examines numerical and anecdotal data indicating efforts to promote racial and ethnic diversity within the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). Additionally, he has been an annual attendee of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) Annual Course which is held in a different location each year. Since 2016 he has attended the IALL Course in Oxford, U.K; Atlanta; Luxembourg; Sydney, Australia; Palo Alto, CA; and Geneva, Switzerland.
Passionate about various civic issues, Mr. Wheeler has actively advocated for LGBT rights. He has also been affiliated with the Act Up (AIDS Coalition), Equality New Mexico, and the American Civil Liberties Union. Moreover, Mr. Wheeler has volunteered on behalf of the AALL.
Mr. Wheeler graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from the University of Michigan in 1987. He also garnered a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Michigan in 1990 and a Master of Library Science from Wayne State University in 2001.
Active in his professional community, Mr. Wheeler maintains membership with the Law Librarians of New England, the Northeastern Law Library Consortium, and the Western Pacific chapter of the AALL. He is also a member of AALL’s southeastern chapter. Mr. Wheeler served as the first African American male elected to the presidency of AALL in 2016. Moreover, Mr. Wheeler is a board member for the Law Library Microform Consortium.
Mr. Wheeler has received numerous awards, including a Student’s Choice Award from the Boston University School of Law Black Law Students Association in 2019, and a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Wayne State University School of Library Information Science in 2016. He was also included in the Lawyers of Color 50 Under 50 List in 2014, received a Minority Leadership Development Award from the AALL in 2005, and garnered recognition as the Faculty Member of the Year by the University of New Mexico School of Law Class of 2005.
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