JOURNAL WRITINGS
The New Republic, “The Enduring Vigilante Credo of Bernie Goetz,” March 12, 2026
New York Magazine, “Mamdani Knows Cops Can’t Solve NYC’s Mental Health Crisis,” February 10, 2026;
Zinn Education Project, “Oct. 29, 1984: Eleanor Bumpurs Killed by the Police,” October 29, 2025; Quoted in article online
JSTOR Daily, “Gaslight, Eleanor Bumpurs, and Alternative Geopolitics,” November 4, 2025; Quoted in article online.
The New Yorker, “The Engines and Empires of New York City Gambling,” August 4, 2025
New York Amsterdam News, “Is it Time for a More Inclusive Era of Ownership in NYC’s Gaming and Casino Industry,” July 3, 2025; Quoted in the article online
The State News, “MSU Professor works to document Black History,” January 16, 2025; Quoted in the article online
MSU Today, “70 Years After Brown v. Board,” May 13, 2024; Quoted in the article online.
Vulture, “Historians Vibe-Check the Gilded Age,” January 4, 2024; Quoted in the article online
The History Channel, “This Woman Built a Formidable Gambling Empire in 1920s Harlem,” May 9, 2022; Quoted in article online.
Smithsonian Magazine, “Stephanie St. Clair, Harlem’s ‘Numbers Queen,’ Dominated the Gambling Underground and Made Millions,” Quoted in article online
Vice, “The Untold Story of Queenie, New York City’s Notorious Female Crime Kingpin,” November 15, 2018; Quoted in article online.
Essays, Op-Eds & Reviews
“More than 40 Years After Police killed Eleanor Bumpurs in Her Bronx Apartment, People still #sayhername,” The Conversation, October 29, 2025;
“The Enduring Legacy of Eleanor Bumpurs, Murdered by the NYPD for Resisting Eviction,” Literary Hub, August 27, 2025
“The Fatal Eviction of Eleanor Bumpurs” Hell Gate, August 26, 2025
Crystal Ball Gazers, Dream Books & The Occult,” The Immanent Frame: Secularism, Religion, and The Public Sphere (April 15, 2022)
“The Inseparability of Abolition & Feminism,” Signs: Short Takes (March 15, 2022)
“Why Harris Won,” MSU Today, January 20, 2021
“Everyday Harms: Black Women and A History of Police Violence,” Association of Black of Black Women Historians (ABWH), June 5, 2020
“The Queen of Numbers: Madame Stephanie St. Clair and Harlem’s Gambling Racket,” The Gotham Center for New York City History, May 24, 2017