STUDENTS | Kelcey Gibbons

Kelcey Gibbons is a labor and intellectual historian who studies African American experiences of technology. Rethinking STS cannons through Black Studies, her research focuses on the making and maintenance of race as a technology in the Black Atlantic, the U.S., and Canada through education and expertise. Her dissertation looks at the historical construction of whiteness and blackness through engineering education and professionalization in the U.S. through the late 19th into the 20th century. Because much of her work is influenced by Black feminist intellectual traditions, praxis and teaching are key components of her scholarly identity. Therefore, in addition to research and writing, Kelcey’s projects include podcasting and documentary storytelling.