{"value"=>"<p>The Professional series is arranged chronologically. It contains materials from her professional work at the Schomburg Center (1987-1997), CENTRO Journal (1997-2001), Columbia University (1990-1998) and Brown University (2001-2003). This series includes correspondence about the Schomburg Center exhibitions and programs, exhibition research materials, CENTRO Journal meeting minutes, correspondence and Jiménez Román's and exit evaluation from her departure from CENTRO Journal as their Managing Editor. Course syllabi are also included in this series. These syllabi are from Jiménez Román's Latin American studies courses at various universities and from colleagues at other academic institutions. Also, this series includes correspondence, research materials, essay drafts, and meeting minutes related to Jiménez Román's consultancies on projects such as Africa's Legacy in Mexico: Photographs by Tony Gleaton (1992-1995), the Smithsonian Institution's Latino Initiative Advisory Group (1994-1996), and the Young Lords' Party HBO Film Project (1998). The Professional files notably include correspondence from Audre Lorde regarding her participation in the Black Women in the Americas exhibition (1987-1988). This series also includes Jiménez Román's Afro-Latin@ Reader, which is arranged in four subcategories: (1) Afro-Latin Forum, (2) Afro-Latin@ Reader, (3) Afro-Latin@ Project, (4) Afro-Latino Research and Resource Project. The Afro-Latin Reader: History and Culture in the United States was co-edited by Jiménez Román along with her husband, Juan Flores and published in 2010 by Duke University Press. This book contains a collection of essays exploring the history of Afro-Latinidad through the lens of race, ethnicity, and gender. The publication of this book was significant to Jiménez Román and Flores. Their goal was to deepen understanding of the broader Latino community in the United States and, specifically, to increase awareness of Afro-Latino communities within the country. Another noteworthy file is from Jiménez Roman's time at the Schomburg Center Scholars-in- Residence Program, where she conducted research and collected Census data, newsclippings and other research materials for her project \"Shifting Affinities: Afro-Latin@s in New York City, 1900-1945\".In this project, Jiménez Román investigates how the complex dynamics of race, ethnicity, and socio-economic factors influence the relationships between Black Latinos and African Americans living in New York City. Jiménez Roman's Writing files (1974-2010) are also included in this series and are arranged in chronological order. Some of Jiménez Roman's writings include: \"It's Not About Nature: \"Race and Identity in the Americas\" (1992), \"Looking at the Middle Ground: Racial Mixing as Panacea?\" (2004-2005), \"Black Press on Puerto Ricans used for \"Mixed Race\" Paper (2004-2005), and \"Triple Consciousness: Approaches to Afro-Latino Culture in the United States\" (2009).</p>"}