Historian, Educator, Archivist, Producer.
I’m a historian, educator, producer, and archivist with a PhD and twenty years of experience building learning environments in university classrooms, community organizations, civic institutions, and media landscapes. My approach is grounded in a commitment to equity and access for all.
I have taught at UC Santa Cruz, Rutgers University, Sonoma State University, California College of the Arts, Pratt Institute, and SUNY Stony Brook with courses centering race, gender, youth, justice, and civic life. My pedagogy has always been grounded in the conviction that learning is a civic act, and that equity in education is crucial.
As a historian, my research centers on girlhood, racial justice, and the carceral state. My peer-reviewed work has appeared in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society and the English Historical Review; my monograph, Carceral Girlhoods: Juvenile Justice and “the Problem” of the Girl in New Orleans, is forthcoming from University of North Carolina Press. I hold a Ph.D. from UC Santa Cruz, an M.A. from the University of Chicago, and a B.A. from the George Washington University.
I also have a robust archival practice that spans special collections, documentary, and independent research. I have worked across the public and private sectors to help preserve, digitize, organize, and make multimedia learning materials accessible for as many people as possible. I approach collections, programs, and partnerships with the same rigor I bring to the archive whether I’m directing primary source research for national broadcast, building cross-sector partnerships between civic institutions and community audiences, or developing and managing multi-stakeholder programs at scale.
My creative practice includes original music, sound composition, and performance work. I’ve written and performed original scores, produced video and sound collage, and staged work at MoMA PS1, the Art Institute of Chicago, Dixon Place, and universities across the country.