I am a PhD student in Information Studies at UCLA. My research examines how communities impacted by state violence in the United States use archives and records for accountability beyond the confines of the criminal legal system. As an abolitionist, I seek to uplift liberatory memory work and build archival practice for a future without prisons or police.
At UCLA, I work with the Community Archives Lab and the BioCritical Studies Lab. Previously, I was an archivist at The New School Archives. Outside of the academy and the archive, I am involved in abolitionist organizing and make art that deals with the intersection of public history, memory, and liberation. Currently, I organize with Critical Resistance and the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition and volunteer with the Prison Library Support Network.
RECENT WORK
“It Was As Much for Me as Anyone Else:” The Creation of Self-Validating Records (with Michelle Caswell) - Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies - 2023
Ancestry's Race Stories: Examining Whiteness on the Genealogy Web - International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion - 2021
We Keep Us Safe - Log - summer 2020
We're Coming for Your Records - Acid Free - 2020
Right: Here Lies Honour - silkscreen - 2020
Ancestry's Race Stories: Examining Whiteness on the Genealogy Web - International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion - 2021
We Keep Us Safe - Log - summer 2020
We're Coming for Your Records - Acid Free - 2020
Right: Here Lies Honour - silkscreen - 2020
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