Introducing the Black Craftspeople Digital Archive Team
Dr. Tiffany Momon
BCDA Founder and Co-Director
Momon is a public historian and Assistant Professor of History and Mellon Fellow at Sewanee, The University of the South. Her work focuses on exploring African American placemaking throughout the southeast, documenting cemeteries, churches, schools, and lodges. Momon serves as the research lead for South Carolina.
Dr. Torren Gatson
BCDA Co-Director, Publications and Special Projects Director
Gatson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. He is a trained public historian and scholar of US and Southern History with an emphasis in nineteenth and twentieth-century African American built environments.
Victoria Hensley
Research Director and Social Media Manager
Hensley is a PhD student in Middle Tennessee State University’s Public History Program. She also serves as a graduate research assistant for the MTSU Center for Historic Preservation, working on various urban-based projects across Tennessee, North Carolina, and Alabama. Her research analyzes the relationship between housing discrimination and gentrification in Nashville and the New South. Hensley serves as the research lead for Tennessee.
Maya Brooks
User Experience Designer
Brooks is a digital humanities contractor and Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator at the North Carolina Museum of Art. She is a trained digital scholar, with an emphasis on disseminating African American cultural heritage using multi-modal technologies. Her work centers on creating public products that reflect African American influence and innovation.
Sarah Calise
Project Archivist
Calise is the Political and Regional Collections Archivist at the Albert Gore Research Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She holds an M.A. in Public History and is currently pursuing an M.S. in Information Science. Her research interests focus on social movements and student activism in the United States, and the issues of access and ethics in digital archiving.
Joseph Roberts
GIS Developer
Roberts is a GIS Developer for a large city government. He holds an M.S. in Geography and Geographic Information Science from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. His research interests focus on using GIS as a tool for social justice.
