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i am a third generation Black chicagolander and a postdoctoral fellow at the university of chicago. i am also a research fellow with the american council of learned societies (acls) and scholar-in-residence at the newberry library.

We are a married couple who work across various mediums, including photography, music, geosonicology, acoustic ecologies, geomusicology, geography, ethnographic methods, and Black storytelling.

I am a second generation Black Chicagolander and PhD Candidate at the University of California, Berkeley in the department of African American Studies. I am also Grammy certified producer and music composer.
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