Jessica S. Samuel, Ph. D. is an educator, interdisciplinary scholar and decolonial activist whose work focuses on race, education, colonialism and the environment, including where they all might converge, in the United States and Caribbean. Her research has been supported by the Mellon Foundation, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Social Science Research Council, and…
Continue Reading »Annette M. Jennings, LCSW, CCM, is a social worker in the Program of General Caregiver Support Services at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System in San Antonio, Texas. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and a master’s degree in social work from the University of Southern…
Continue Reading »Sarah H. Shepherd is a graduate student at Simmons University for her M.S. in Library Science and M.A. in History.
Continue Reading »James I. Randall is a graduate student in History at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Randall has an interest in and appreciation for the intersections of global social histories, especially regarding their use to educate the general public about past movements for economic and social justice, and in linking their relevance to current affairs. He received…
Continue Reading »G. Jasper Conner is a Ph. D. candidate in the Harrison Ruffin Tyler Department of History at William and Mary. His dissertation explores the history of disabled African Americans in the modern U.S. South. Combining archival research with oral history, his work uncovers the lived experiences of Black disabled people at residential schools, at work,…
Continue Reading »Steve Greenlaw, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Mary Washington where he taught for more than 35 years. In 1999, he received the Grellet C. Simpson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. He has published a variety of articles on economics pedagogy and instructional technology, published in the Journal of Economic…
Continue Reading »Laura Crouch is an Information Associate at Virginia Commonwealth University’s James Branch Cabell Library. She received her B.A in History with a minor in Art History from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Continue Reading »Erin N. Bush, PhD., is an assistant professor of U.S. and digital history at the University of North Georgia. Her research revolves around the societal punishments and cultural responses to crime in the United States, particularly crimes committed by women or children. She is a digital historian who uses digital technologies, particularly data about crime,…
Continue Reading »Breanna Schuetz is a Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) student at The University of North Carolina-Greensboro and North Carolina A & T State University, graduating in May of 2019 from the Joint Masters Program. Schuetz graduated from Augustana College with a B.A. in Communication Sciences and Disorders in 2016. Upon graduating from Augustana College, she…
Continue Reading »Paula Skreslet is Reference and Archives Librarian at the William Smith Morton Library of Union Presbyterian Seminary. She is the author of Northern Africa : A Guide to Reference and Information Sources (Libraries Unlimited, 2000) and The Literature of Islam : A Guide to the Primary Sources in English Translation (Scarecrow, 2006), and articles on Islamic bibliography and world libraries. …
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