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I'm a UK-based historian and writer. My work focuses primarily on histories of the Black press and Black Chicago. More broadly, I'm interested in the connections between popular history, race, media, and visual culture in and beyond the modern United States.

​I am a Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Societies and Cultures at University College London. I'm also the co-director of the Black Press Research Collective, based at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

In addition to my books and academic writing, you can find my work published in (or featured on), outlets such as Black Perspectives, Slate, the New York Times, Nieman Reports, NPR, and the Washington Post.
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A HOUSE FOR THE STRUGGLE:
THE BLACK PRESS & THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN CHICAGO

Winner. 2022 Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Book Award: Urban Communication Foundation.

Winner. 2023 Outstanding Book on the History of Chicago Award. Union League Club of Chicago.

Honorable Mention. 2021-22 RSAP Book Prize: Research Society for American Periodicals. 

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