Kira Funk
Kira Funk is an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin, majoring in Global Health with a certificate in Economic Development. As an intern, Kira studied the legal system of pre-Revolutionary War North Carolina in her story about Adam.
Amanda Grant
Amanda Grant is an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison majoring in History and Art History with a certificate in African Studies. As an intern, she’s written three stories. Her first is about an unnamed Malagasy woman who was enslaved in pre-revolutionary New Jersey. She studied enslaved Africans with connections to the Spanish Atlantic for her story about Mona. And she considered relationships between Black and Indigenous peoples on Long Island for her story about Toney and Jack.
Daniela Luseko
Daniela Luseko is an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, majoring in Political Science. She is also a Posse Scholar at the university where she contributes to community-building and leadership development. In addition to her academic pursuits, Daniela is a passionate guitar player and enjoys spending her free time practicing music.
Sara Ortenzio
Sara Ortenzio is pursuing a Genetics major and History certificate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. As an intern, Sara researched enslaved women and children in the Caribbean for her story about Monday. She has also explored slavery’s relationship to horse racing in early North Carolina for her story about Charles Thompson.
Katie Perkins
Katie Perkins is an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison majoring in History and Economics with a Math Emphasis. As an intern, she wrote about strategies used by women in escaping enslavement in the early 1800s, focusing on the story of a woman named Hannah. In her free time, she enjoys playing music in UW’s Afro-Cuban Jazz Band, traveling, and cooking.
Jennifer Santos
Jennifer Santos, a Michigan native, is pursuing a History major and a certificate in Education Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As an intern, Jennifer researched the role of male domestics, specifically the waiting man, to write the story of Harry.
Margaret Shreiner
Margaret Shreiner is an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison double majoring in Journalism and History with a certificate in Digital Media Analytics. As an intern, Margaret researched post-Revolutionary War Philadelphia while writing about Alice. She also explored the history of tavern culture in early America while writing the story of Edward Tamar.
Amanda Smith
Amanda Smith is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison majoring in History and International Studies, with certificates in Public Policy and European Studies. As an intern, Amanda researched the familial and kinship networks among enslaved persons in early 19th-century America, with a particular focus on a woman named Fame and how these networks influenced women’s experiences during this period.
Sidney Wang
Sidney Wang is an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison majoring in History with a certificate in East Asian Studies. She is from Beijing, China. As an intern, she researched agriculture and material culture in post-Revolutionary War Northern Virginia for her story about Minny.