Writing
Our Own Images and Truths?: The Futures and Failures of the Queer Appalachia Project
My article for the Journal of Appalachian Studies‘ “Speculative Fabulations” series. This article explores the controversy surrounding the Queer Appalachia Project, queer digital archives, “decolonization” metaphors, and mutual aid.
I Fixed Up the Trees to Give Them Some New Life
My Master’s Thesis Portfolio in American Studies, exploring art, queer ecology, and Appalachian futures through art history and oral history methods. This thesis portfolio also contains brief analyses of digital oral history methods as well as overviews of two of my digital projects.
Wildcrafting Our Queerness
My undergraduate honors thesis in American Studies, exploring oral history, folk art, affective archives, and mutual aid in Appalachia. This thesis was awarded Highest Honors in May 2020
Digital Work
The Wildcrafting Our Queerness Project
An ongoing digital effort to archive and exhibit LGBTQ+ Appalachian artists, their work, and their processes. If you are an LGBTQ+ Appalachian artist (of any discipline or medium) and would like to have your art included in the project, please reach out to me, I would love to talk with you.
The Queer Appalachia Preservation Project
An in-progress digital archive which seeks to preserve the posts of the Queer Appalachia Project Instagram account. This project is an attempt to hold the group accountable and provide an accessible resource for scholars of LGBTQ+ studies, rural studies, and Appalachian studies.
The #TUOR Project
In 2021, I worked with Dr. Eric Solomon and Dave Hayward to work on a digital tour of various important sites in Atlanta’s queer history. Using Emory University’s OpenTour platform, this project enables virtual walking and driving tours supplemented with archival images and oral histories.
The Gallery Digitization Project
From August of 2018 to May of 2020, I served as Editor-in-Chief of The Gallery, a magazine of student art and writing at the College of William & Mary. During this time, I led an effort to digitize over 40 past issues of the magazine, dating back to 1988.
Media Appearances
Inside Appalachia: Talking ‘Y’all Means All’ And Visiting With A Gospel Guitar Player
I, along with Zane McNeill and Beck Banks, spoke with Inside Appalachia about Y’all Means All and the controversy surrounding @queerappalachia.
