The Stolen Relations project is made possible by the generous time and expertise of a wide array of people. This includes a core project team, tribal representatives, a board of academic advisors, and host of research assistants.
Core team:
- Linford D. Fisher, Associate Professor of History, Brown University; Project Director and Principal Investigator
- Ashley Champagne, Director, Center for Digital Scholarship, Brown University; Project Manager
- Courtney Akbar (Hassanamisco Nipmuc), Community Outreach Coordinator
- Marija Blaskovič, MSCA Postdoc Fellow, Departament d’Humanitats, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain
- Cody Carvel, Digital Fellow, Brown University Library
- Mary Clarke, Undergraduate Student, Brown University; Research Assistant Coordinator
- Birkin Diana, Digital Technologies Developer, Brown University Library; Programmer
- Allyson LaForge, Ph.D. Candidate, American Studies, Brown University; Brown-Tomaquag Fellow
- Mairelys Lemus-Rojas, Head of Open Metadata Production and Initiatives, Brown University Library
- Patrick Rashleigh, Data Visualization Coordinator, Center for Digital Scholarship, Brown University; Technical Lead
- Tarika Sankar, Digital Humanities Librarian, Brown University Library
- Khanh Vo, Digital Humanities Specialist, Brown University Library
- Brittney Walley (Hassanamisco Nipmuc); Tribal Intern
- Elizabeth Yalkut, Front End Developer, Brown University Library
Tribal Advisory Board:
- Ken Alves, Chief, Assonet Band of Wampanoags
- Sandi Brewster-Walker, Montaukett Indian Nation
- Natasha Gambrell, Eastern Pequot
- Alma Gordon, Sonksq, Chappaquiddick Wampanoag
- Faries Gray, Massachuset-Ponkapaog Tribe
- Cheryll Toney Holley, Sonksq, Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band
- Liz Coldwind Santana Kiser, Councilwoman, Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck
- Alexis Moreis, Chappaquiddick Wampanoag
- Meagan Running Deer Page, Councilwoman, Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe
- Ryan Page, Tribal Council Chairman, Pocasset Wampanoag Tribe
- Jonathan Perry, Tribal Council Member, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
- Jim Peters, Executive Director, Massachusetts Indian Affairs; Mashpee Wampanoag
- Paula Peters, Writer, Mashpee Wampanoag
- Lorén Spears, Director, Tomaquag Museum, Narragansett
- Michael E. Johnson, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Mashantucket Pequot
- Ray Williams, Chappaquiddick Wampanoag
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Academic Advisors
- Tony Bogues, Director of the Ruth Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice and Asa Messer Professor of Humanities and Critical Theory, Brown University
- Alan Gallay, Lyndon B. Johnson Chair of American History, Texas Christian University
- Rebecca A. Goetz, Associate Professor of History, New York University
- Rae Gould, Executive Director, Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative, Brown University (Hassanamisco Nipmuc)
- Jason Mancini, Director, Connecticut Humanities
- Simon Newman, Honorary Fellow, Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Greg O’Malley, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Emily Owens, Associate Professor of History, Brown University
- Andrés Reséndez, Professor of History, University of California, Davis
- Brett Rushforth, Editor-in-Chief of the Huntington Library Quarterly, Huntington Library
- Mack Scott, Visiting Assistant Professor, Brown University (Narragansett)
- Nancy van Deusen, Professor of History, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada
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Current Research Team
- Victoria Ae
- Ana Alexandrescu, high school research intern
- Zipporah Anderson, high school research intern
- Lewis Archer
- Alexander Beal, high school research intern
- Vishwak Bonu, high school research intern
- Myah Burt, independent research intern
- Chloe Chen, high school research intern
- Heiger Chen, undergraduate research intern
- Justine Collins, post-doctorate
- Chris Ding, high school research intern
- Ryan Dong, high school research intern
- Harshil Garg, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Shruti Govindarajan, high school research intern
- Corinne Greene
- Lily Gruhl, high school research intern
- Annabelle Kim, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Ellanora LoGreco, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Alanna Loucks, post-doctorate
- Sissi Ma, high school research intern
- Akshay Mandapati, high school research intern
- Siddharth Nalamalpu, high school research intern
- Shreyas Narayan, high school research intern
- Avi Patel, high school research intern
- Yuqi Qian, high school research intern
- Preetam Roy, high school research intern
- Stephan Rupa, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Aaron Sebastian, high school research intern
- Ezra Stone, high school research intern
- Teodora Vukosavljevic, high school research intern
- Anjie Wang, graduate research intern
- Jenna Yim, high school research intern
Curriculum Team:
- Annabelle Kim, undergraduate, Brown University
- Henry Robbins,undergraduate, Brown University
- Raghav Ramgopal, undergraduate, Brown University
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Past Research Assistants and Contributors
- Sreen Alibeg, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Kate Alverez, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Anika Bahl, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Corrine Bai, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Juan Bettancourt-Garcia, Ph.D. candidate, Department of History, Brown University
- Benjamin Burke, high school research intern
- Kimonee Burke, Ph.D. candidate, Brown University (Narragansett)
- Naya Lee Chang, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Vishrut Chawla, high school research intern
- Heiger Chen, undergraduate research intern
- Ariana Clark, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Rob Collins, independent research intern
- Jacob Cousin, School of Public Health, Brown University (Oglala Sioux)
- Brian Croxall, Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities at Brigham Young University
- Anjali DasSarma, M.A. candidate, Brown University
- Arman Deendar, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Derek DeMello, graduate student intern, Rhode Island College
- Claire Fishman, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Ian Foster, Free University of Berlin
- Daniel Genkins, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, John Carter Brown Library
- Olivia George, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Brooke Grasberger, Ph.D. candidate, Department of History, Brown University, Graduate Student Coordinator
- Cameron Gratz, high school research intern
- Eric Gottlieb, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Om Gupta, post-secondary research assistant
- Bridget Hall, Brown-Tomaquag Fellow, Brown University
- Eva Jia, high school research intern
- Amanda Kazden, M.A. candidate, Public Humanities, Brown University
- Connor Kim, undergraduate research assistant (UTRA), Brown University
- Gavin Kim, high school research intern
- Phoebe Labat, Ph.D. candidate, Brown University
- Lindsay Lake, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Annette Lee, M.A. candidate, Brown University, Research Assistant Coordinator
- Corinne Lepage, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Maiah Letsch, M.A. candidate, Oxford University
- Megan Li, high school intern
- Marley-Vincent Lindsey, Ph.D. candidate, Department of History, Brown University
- Lauren Liu, independent research intern
- Francisco Macossay-Hernandez, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Ingrid Mader, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Jeamilett Martinez, high school research intern
- Grace Miller, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Amitav Narayan, high school intern
- Ishan Narra, high school intern
- Julia O’Neil, undergraduate research assistant (UTRA), Brown University
- Ameesha Pani, high school intern
- Emily Pierson, Ph.D. candidate, Brown University
- Tess Renker, Ph.D. candidate, Brown University
- Elliana Reynolds, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Lila Rhee, high school research intern
- Sophia Saker, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Heather Sanford, Ph.D. candidate, Department of History, Brown University (Graduate Student Coordinator)
- Atessa Savitt, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Anushka Saxena, high school research intern
- Harry Seabrook, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Aamanya Sejpal, high school research intern
- Malcolm Shanks, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Samuel Skinner, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Andrew Simpson, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Michael Simpson, graduate student research assistant, Department of History, Brown University
- Allyson Spoering, Brown-Tomaquag Fellow, Brown University
- Cassie Staudinger, Brown-Tomaquag Fellow, Hassanamisco Nipmuc
- Amir Tamaddon, undergraduate research assistant (UTRA), Brown University
- Weeko Thompson, high school research intern (Narragansett)
- Sarah Uriarte, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Theodore Vial, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Jack Wang, high school research intern
- Maggie Wang, undergraduate research assistant, Oxford University
- Gwenyth Winship, undergraduate research assistant, Brown University
- Erica Wolencheck, Public Humanities M.A. intern, Brown University
- Rishabh Wuppalapati, high school research intern
- Malina Yallanki, independent researcher
- Anna Zhou, high school research intern
- Zoe Zimmermann, undergraduate student, Brown University; Research Assistant Coordinator
HIST 1970G Captive Voices class at Brown (2022)
- Mary Arend
- Ronan Fitzgerald
- Halle Fowler
- Rowan Gledhill
- Eric Gottlieb
- Eleanor Leites
- Madison Mandell
- Leah Mims
- Colin Orihuela
- Lauren Parker
- Zoe Zimmermann (RA coordinator)
HIST 1970G Captive Voices class at Brown (2025)
- Sofia Barnett
- Derek Block
- Julia Byrne
- Paola Chapilliquen
- Mary Clarke (RA Coordinator)
- Canaan Estes
- Allyson Frisbie
- Florence Graham-Welton
- Alec Green
- Sinclair Harris
- Aditya Lodha
- Sadie May
- Astrid McMahon
- Stephan Rupa
- Annabel Zimmer
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Scholars and Friends of the Project who Contributed Documents, Research Leads, and Information
- Christiana Boehmer
- Anjali DasSarma
- Jo Fisher (editing support)
- Jared Hardesty
- Alanna Loucks
- Jenny Hale Pulsipher
- Marjorie O’Toole
- Andrés Reséndez
- Traci Picard
- Brett Rushforth
- Nancy van Deusen
- Adrian Weimer
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Artwork, Music, and Photography
With thanks to the following artists for their contributions:
- Courtney Akbar (Hassanamisco Nipmuc)
- Quanah LaRose (Ute)
- Larry Spotted Crown Mann (Hassanamisco Nipmuc)
- Maliyah Scott (Narragansett)
- Dawn Spears (Narragansett)
- Brittney Walley (Hassanamisco Nipmuc)
- Tall Oak Weeden (Pequot and Wampanoag)
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Website Design
With many thanks to Common Media for patiently working with the Stolen Relations team to design a flexible website to fit the project’s needs.
The Center for Digital Scholarship connected the new website to our database and adapted the technical features of the site to our specifications.
Various members of the Stolen Relations team worked on providing website content.
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