Department of History

Sam Washington
Ph.D. Candidate
Research Interests
African-American history, urban history, history of social movements, queer history, history of the family
Biography
"My research focuses on communal care in mid-to-late 20th century America. I am interested in how mutual aid networks, formal and informal, were interwoven with Black and queer movements for socio-political change, as well as how state intervention—particularly evolutions in policing and housing accessibility—shaped those possibilities."