My name is Holly Lyczak and I am a first-year student majoring in International Affairs and Spanish on the pre-law track at Northeastern University in Boston. I started my position as a Project Assistant at the Reckonings Project in the beginning of January 2025. My work has ranged from researching various events and people related
Spring 2025 I am Tiffany Cruz, a first year PhD student in the English department at Northeastern University. I focus on people of color in 18th and 19th British literature and contemporary texts that adapt classic works, examining the enduring interest in historical novels, and the significance of centering people of color within these narratives.
Just a few weeks after I started working with the Reckonings Project as a research assistant, I got to be a part of the team representing Reckonings at the Jazz Square Celebration that happened on September 27 and 28, 2024. Those two days of celebration were dedicated to the legacy and influence of jazz on
I’m Shavaun, a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. I feel so fortunate to be a part of the Reckonings Project. It aligns with one of my research interests – recovering lost Black narratives, experiences, and histories through the sociological lens although my work is, increasingly, becoming transdisciplinary. This is a taste
This summer I have had the pleasure of working on the Reckonings Project which is a local history platform for the community-archivist. The main goals of the project were highly attractive as it seeks to empower community archivists through digital scholarship, civic engagement, and community-library-university partnerships. In particular, the focus on the documentation and commemoration
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Over the past year, the Reckonings project has connected Northeastern students and faculty with community partners to reflect upon, and co-create, historical narratives that center Black people, indigenous people, and people of color. I started working on the Reckonings project during the summer of 2021, and since then, I have participated in many productive developments
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