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,…

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…

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.

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,…

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…

Paula Skreslet was 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…

Alice W. Campbell is digital outreach and special projects librarian at Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries. She serves as researcher and project manager for The Social Welfare History Project, the Image Portal, and the Freedom Now Project, and has created numerous online exhibits for VCU Libraries. Her work includes Gods and Prophets, Sages and Saints: Religious…

EJ Sampson is a graduate student in Urban Geography with special interests in intersections of the past with New York City’s present Lower East Side. She is interested in comparative studies of collective memory, the built environment, and migration. Her photographs of local Triangle Fire commemorations have been displayed at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery. A long-time…

Linnea Anderson is the Archivist of the Social Welfare History Archives at the University of Minnesota Libraries. She has an M.A. in History and Certificate in Archival Management from the New York University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of History and Archival Management Program, as well as a B.A. in History and B.A….

Catherine A. Paul received her Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) from Virginia Commonwealth University in May, 2018. She graduated from Fordham University with a B.S. in psychology in 2013. In 2012 she spent a semester in Rwanda studying post-genocide restoration and peacebuilding. Upon graduating from Fordham, Paul moved to Oakland, CA with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps…