Madeline Alexander

Contact

ma4363@columbia.edu

About

Madeline Alexander is Director of Programs at Incite, a public historian, and Project Manager for the Baldwin-Emerson Elders Project. Prior to joining Incite in 2022, she spent time at the Colorado State Museum: History Colorado, as an Engagement Coordinator for Black Communities. She holds a Masters in Public History from the University of York, UK (2021) and her Post-baccalaureate in Media Studies from Northwestern University (2019). Her thesis focused on how Afrofuturistic themes in U.S. television created by African Americans disrupts the White gaze. Her research interests currently focus on the interpretation and adaptation of historical narrative, theory and ethics in the media industry. As a freelance public historian, Madeline has worked on a variety of projects, including Rural Arts Center (UK) history education program in 2021 and as a Co-creator/Historical Consultant for a Isle of Mine, a documentary short that won second place in the Oolite Arts Center Documentary Short proposal 2019.