Book Research

I have done extensive research for Richard R. John,  Janny Scott,  Keely Stauter-Halsted, and Ralph Keen. For my rates, please contact me.

Media Mentions

Andrew C. Revkin, News Coverage of Coal’s Link to Global Warming in 1912, Dot Earth, New York Times Blog (October 21, 2016).

Akshat Rathi, A 1912 news article ominously forecasted the catastrophic effects of fossil fuels on climate change, Quartz, (October 24, 2016).

Josh Marshall, Trump Pressured Second Wife to Pose Nude for Playboy, Talking Points Memo (October 1, 2016).

Jesse Hicks, In 1990, Mitch McConnell Supported Affordable Healthcare for All, Vice (June 26, 2017).

Peter Weber, This 1990 Mitch McConnell health-care ad wouldn’t fly in 2017, The Week (June 28, 2017).

Mark Jacob, Rare video find: Balloon tour over Chicago in 1914, Chicago Tribune (October 31, 2017).

Erica Gunderson, Ask Geoffrey, WTTW-Chicago, (December 19, 2018).

Archival Work

Archival Research for For The Left Hand by Kartemquin Films (2021 Chicago International Film Festival).

Archival Researcher for ’63 Boycott by Kartemquin Films (2017 Chicago International Film Festival).

Archival Researcher for Roy’s World (2020 Glasgow International Film Festival).

Images that I uncovered in my 2016 article on the 1963 protest at 73rd and Lowe against school segregation appeared in this major ad by the 2020 Sanders campaign.

Developer of iPhone Archival Digitization, a workflow which converts an iPhone into an overhead camera. This process allows researchers and small archives to digitize archival material rapidly and inexpensively. This project was made possible through the Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the Arts and Humanities Award from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Public History

My research into the naming of Jarvis Beach was considered in the decision to rename the park in honor of the renowned Rogers Park architect and artist Marion Mahony Griffin. Some opponents of renaming the beach feared that changing the name would erase someone who had earned the right to be honored with a Chicago street name and a park. My research of census records, digitized newspapers, and City Council records showed that Jarvis Street was not explicitly named after an early settler of Roger Park or after a prominent Chicago resident.