Who We Are

FACULTY TEAM

Melanie Beals Goan, Ph.D., August 2021 to the Present
History Interns Supervisor and website content editor. Specialist in Kentucky history, Appalachian history, women and gender in Kentucky, healthcare, undergraduate career development.

Nikki Brown, Ph.D., August 2021 to the Present
Managing editor.  Specialist in African American women’s history, race and visual culture, Jim Crow laws, and long Civil Rights Movement of the 20th Century

Jennifer Hootman, MLIS, M.A., August 2021 to the Present
Librarian, Digital Design and Data Management.  Specialist in Digital Scholarship, History

Lynn Roche Phillips, Ph.D., August 2021 through May 2022
Geography Interns Supervisor and website content editor. Specialist in cartography, ARC/GIS, sprawl, urban planning, growth management, political culture

GRADUATE INTERNS AND QUALITY CONTROL OFFICERS

Arshiya Jeelani
MA History and Ph.D. Candidate, University of Kentucky, 2024

Micah Lynn
MA History, University of Kentucky, 2023-Present

Ariane Ribeiro
MA History and Ph.D. Candidate, University of Kentucky, 2022-2024

STUDENT INTERNS

Julian Bagley
Article transcriber. Major: English. Graduation: Spring 2029

Beaux Hardin
Article transcriber. Double Major: English & French. Graduation: Spring 2026

Jackeline Otto
Article transcriber. Major: Political Science. Graduation: Spring 2028

Lilly Penney
Article transcriber. Double Major: History & Anthropology. Graduation: Fall 2026

Sydney White
Article transcriber. Major: History. Graduation: Spring 2029

Bridan Braun
Research Co-Editor, Article transcriber. Major: History. Graduation: Spring 2025

Andrew Chan
Research Co-Editor, Article transcriber. Major: History. Graduation: Spring 2025

Lexxi Colbert
Research Co-Editor, Article transcriber. Major: History. Graduation: Spring 2026

Katie Craig
Research Co-Editor, Article transcriber. Major: History. Graduation: Spring 2025

Jordan Grady
Research Co-Editor, Article transcriber Major: History. Graduation: Fall 2025

Hayden Hancock
Research Co-Editor, Map creator. Major: History. Graduation: Spring 2025

Kailly Oum
Research Co-Editor, Article transcriber. Major: History. Graduation: Spring 2025

Ariane Ribeiro
Graduate Intern, Research Co-Editor, History, MA. Graduation: Spring 2024

Grace Yi
Research Co-Editor, Article transcriber Major: History. Graduation: Spring 2026

Spring 2023 interns

Martin Alfaya
Research Co-Editor and Data specialist. Major: History. Graduation: Fall 2023

Alana Blackman
Research Co-Editor, Essay on Ida B. Wells and journalism in the 1890s, Major: History. Graduation: Spring 2024

Alyssah Robinson
Research Co-Editor. Major: History. Graduation: Spring 2025

Myla Roper
Research Co-Editor. Major: History. Graduation: Spring 2025

Fall 2022 History Undergraduates in the course, HIS 351/AAAS 400: History Detectives

Martin Alfaya
Research Co-Editor, Major: History. Graduation: Fall 2023

Taylor Biggs
Research Co-Editor, Major: ICT (Information, Communication, and Technology). Graduation: Spring 2023

Ethen Kessler
Research Co-Editor, Major: History. Graduation: Spring 2023

Elijah Odorizzi
Research Co-Editor, Major: Secondary Social Studies Education. Graduation: Fall 2023

Dylan Post
Research Co-Editor, Major: Major: U.S. Culture and Business Practices. Graduation: Spring 2024

Kiara Rizzuti
Research Co-Editor, Major: Secondary Social Studies Education. Graduation: Spring 2023

Farris Shakadih
Research Co-Editor, Major: U.S. Culture and Business Practices. Graduation: Spring 2023
Dilni Abeyrathne
ARC/GIS Undergraduate Director of Mapping; Major: Environmental & Sustainability Studies, Geography, International Studies

Shaina Belford
Research Co-Editor, Major: Philosophy, French

Qwenton Briggs
Research Co-Editor, Major: History. Graduated Spring 2021

Kayleigh Dayka
Research Co-Editor, Major: History

Gracie Henderson
Research Co-editor, Public Relations coordinator, Major: History

Joe Noce
Research Co-Editor, Major: History. Graduated Spring 2021

Sarah Roach
ARC/GIS, Story-Map content creator and editor, Major: Geography

Cameron Smith
Research Co-Editor, Major: History, Philosophy