As a scholar and a humanities grants professional, I work at the intersections of history, information science, and archival studies. My writing, which has been both public facing and scholarly, has appeared in professional blogs, exhibition catalogs, newspaper articles, and academic journals, and has centered on the transfer of early American archives into online environments, as well as the digital aggregation of historical newspapers.

If there are writing opportunities or speaking engagements that resonate with my work, please contact me.

Current Research

I’ve recently been deeply enmeshed in larger histories and practices around land stewardship for a project on the cultural history of plant archives or herbaria in the Anglo-American context. I am currently investigating how information systems have shaped our current understanding of the plant world, creating what I am calling “Information Ecologies.”

Practice & Reflection

My work is also always deeply invested in praxis. Prior to this project, that praxis meant working in special collections libraries to understand not only the content of archives, but also the lived experience of creating archives. In my current work, I am also committed to marrying practice with scholarship, as I work in the land surrounding me to improve it, both as an individual and as part of a local collective of likeminded avant gardeners.