Liz Strong - Incite at Columbia University

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Liz Strong is an oral historian at Incite Institute.

She currently manages the Global Fight for Democracy oral history project and previously managed the Obama Presidency Oral History. Prior to joining Incite in 2019, she spent two years as Project Coordinator for the Muslims in Brooklyn Public History Project at the Center for Brooklyn History (formerly Brooklyn Historical Society).

From 2015 to 2019, Liz was the Oral History Program Manager for the New York Preservation Archive Project (NYPAP), where she led several oral history initiatives on the history of the preservation movement in New York City. As a freelance oral historian and personal historian, from 2010 to 2015, she worked with a variety of clients, including the Washington Department of Commerce in 2013 and the University of Arizona Steward Observatory in 2012.

She is a member of the Oral History Association's (OHA) task force on Oral History and the Law; she was a founding co-chair of the OHA Advocacy Committee; and she was a member of the 2018 OHA task force on Principles & Best Practices. Liz received an MA in Oral History from Columbia in 2015 and a BA in Narrative Arts from Oberlin College in 2009.

Projects

  • go to Institute for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality Oral History
    Institute for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality Oral History
    Detailing the history of feminism at Columbia University through the memories of an historic organization. Funded by Columbia University's Office of the President
  • go to Movements Against Mass Incarceration
    Movements Against Mass Incarceration
    Building the United States' first archive to center the political ideas and movement-building of incarcerated people. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
  • go to Obama Presidency Oral History
    Obama Presidency Oral History
    Creating a comprehensive oral history of the Obama years with over 450 officials, activists, organizers, and extraordinary people from all walks of life. Funded by Columbia University's Office of the President

Related Works

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    Liz Strong, Chris Pandza, "The Obama Presidency Oral History", Extra! by Oral History Review, October 24, 2024

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    Liz Strong, "Balancing Research and Life History: Using Research in Oral History", Columbia Oral History MA Program, November 8, 2023

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    Liz Strong, "Oral Historians & Archives", Pratt Institute, October 27, 2023

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    Liz Strong, Madeline Alexander, "Holding Stories: Introduction to Oral History Conversations", Pratt Institute, October 27, 2023

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    Liz Strong, "Oral Historians and Self-Advocacy", Columbia Center for Oral History Research Summer Institute, June 22, 2023

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    Evan D. McCormick, Terrell Frazier, Liz Strong, "Obama Presidency Oral History Interviewing", Columbia Center for Oral History Research Summer Institute, June 22, 2023

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    Liz Strong, "Managing and Organizing the Obama Presidency Oral History", Columbia Center for Oral History Research Summer Institute, June 21, 2023

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    Caitlin Bertin-Mahieux, Mary Marshall Clark, Liz Strong, "Oral History Transcription Style Guide", Columbia Center for Oral History Research, January 1, 2022

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    Liz Strong, "Author Interview: Liz Strong on Protecting Interviewers", Oral History Review Blog, September 3, 2021

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    Liz Strong, "Shifting Focus: Interviewers Share Advice on Protecting Themselves from Harm", Oral History Review, August 31, 2021

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    Liz Strong, "Protect The Value Of Your Labor: Survival Skills for Freelancing in Oral History", Oral History Association Annual Meeting, October 19, 2020

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    Liz Strong, "Storytelling and Authoring History", Oberlin College, January 7, 2020

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    Liz Strong, "Oral History and Community-Based Research", Oberlin College, January 6, 2020

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    Liz Strong, "The Intersubjectivities of Interviewing and Pregnancy", Oral History Review, November 1, 2019

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