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Dr. Trevor James Bond is the Dean of Libraries at Washington State University.

Trevor Bond received his Master's in Library and Information Science with a specialization in Archives and Preservation Management and a Masters in Ancient History at UCLA. In 2009, he was promoted to the rank of Librarian IV/Professor. He completed his Ph.D. at WSU in the Department of History in 2017. His dissertation is titled, “Why should we have to buy our own things back?” The struggle over the Spalding-Allen Collection. He is the author of Coming Home to Nez Perce Country: The Niimiipuu Campaign to Repatriate Their Exploited Heritage. Pullman: Washington State University Press, 2021. Finalist for the 2022 Washington State Book Award for non-fiction.

He recently completed two grants funded by the Washington State Library in collaboration with the Nez Perce Tribe's Cultural Resources Program. He has presented widely at professional conferences and published articles on collecting and Northwest history. As a member of Humanities Washington’s Speakers Bureau, Bond is currently giving his talk, “Coming Home: How the Nez Perce Tribe Regained Their Cultural Heritage,” around the state and online.

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Honors

Eric Bell Learning Communities Excellence Award
Washington State University (United States, Pullman) - WSU, 2011
Common Reading Excellence Award
Washington State University (United States, Pullman) - WSU, 2008
Distinguished Friends and Alumni Award from the College of Liberal Arts
Washington State University (United States, Pullman) - WSU, 2005
Finalist for the 2022 Washington State Book Award for non-fiction for Coming Home to Nez Perce Country: The Niimíipuu Campaign to Repatriate Their Exploited Heritage. Pullman: Washington State University Press, 2021.
Seattle Public Library (United States, Seattle) - SPL and Washington Center for the Book, 2022

Organizational Affiliations

Plateau Center for Native American Research and Collaboration, WSU Centers and Programs, Washington State University

Libraries, Washington State University

Education

History
2009–2017, Doctor of Philosophy, Washington State University (United States, Pullman) - WSU

Dissertation title, "Why should we have to buy our own things back? The struggle over the Spalding-Allen Collection." Major Fields Public History, Archives, Environmental History

Library and Information Science
1996–1998, Master of Library and Information Science(MLIS), University of California Los Angeles (United States, Los Angeles) - UCLA
Ancient History
1992–1996, Master of Arts (MA, MA, AM, or AM), University of California Los Angeles (United States, Los Angeles) - UCLA
Classics with an emphasis in Greek and Latin and a minor in Art History
1987–1991, Bachelor in Liberal Arts and Sciences, San Diego State University (United States, San Diego) - SDSU