Borough Council Special Appointments
Thomas Daubert
Borough Historian
Thomas Daubert was appointed as the Borough Historian in ___. Daubert served on Borough Council starting in 1992, holding various positions for 24 years. During his time on council, he was Council President for six years.
Daubert has served in multiple local and regional government positions and on a variety of boards and commissions, including the Borough of State College’s Board of Health and the chair of the Centre Region Council of Governments.
As Borough Historian, Daubert ensures the accurate recounting of key Borough events. His book Reflections on the Borough of State College Government From 1996-2023, which chronicles key decisions, significant events, and developments. This book is in the final phases of development. Information about the book will be listed here upon completion.
Carmin Wong
Borough Poet Laureate
Carmin Wong was announced as the inaugural Poet Laureate for the Borough of State College on June 2, 2025. In the position, Wong serves the community by promoting the consumption and creation of poetry in State College.
Wong is a Guyanese-born poet organizer, playwright, and dual-title Ph.D. candidate in English Lit·orature and African American and Diaspora Studies at Pennsylvania State University. She holds a B.A. in English from Howard University and an M.F.A. in Poetry Writing from the University of New Orleans.
Her poetry has been recognized by the Academy of American Poets, featured in Obsidian, Xavier Review, Sou’wester, The Quarry, and broadcast on NPR/ WPSU, and WRBH radio. She is co-author of the stage plays A Chorus Within Her (Theater Alliance) and What Does Purple Sound Like? (Pennsylvania State University), and playwright of Finding Home: Adeline Lawson Graham, Colored Citizen of Bellefonte, which centers untold narratives of 19th-century free Black Pennsylvanians. Her work has been performed at the Apollo, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
A recipient of artist grants from Poets & Writers, Scholastic, Jeremy O. Harris and The Bushwick Starr, Wong has also held fellowships with Furious Flower, The Watering Hole, and the Wild Seeds Writers Retreat. She served as the 2025 Shirley Graham Du Bois Creative in Residence with Castle of Our Skins and 2025 Teaching Artist with Girls Write Now. Carmin teaches poetry writing to justice-impacted students across jails, prisons, and juvenile detention centers, as well as in K–12 schools, college classrooms, and community programs.
Learn more about Carmin at www.theCarminWong.com.