Hi! I’m Maxwell Tippl-Cloe (they/he), an undergraduate living-learning educator and oral historian with an MA in American Studies from the College of William & Mary. My research centers on LGBTQ+ histories and cultures in the Appalachian Mountains, particularly artistic and archival networks. I’m also interested in undergraduate living-learning communities, liberation pedagogy, critique of higher education, and participatory action research.
When I’m not conducting research, you can find me in the shelves of antique stores and bookshops, looking for rare and first edition books to add to my collection. I photograph and document these books on a dedicated Instagram page, which you’re welcome to peruse and follow.
I play old time Appalachian fiddle, regularly enjoy walks in the woods, explore 20th and 21st-century fiction, assemble loud outfits, and distract myself by fawning over my black cat, Clementine.
