Congratulations to Dr. Shana Russell, BHSEC Newark faculty, for completing work as the chief historian for the The Rikers Public Memory Project. The project collects and makes the stories of people most impacted by Rikers Island visible.

The exhibit just completed a display at the Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn. It includes the historic timeline that Dr. Russell wrote and researched that covers more than three centuries of the island's history. Dr. Russell was interviewed by the online publication, Prism, and was on WBAI's On the Count, a public radio show founded, produced, and hosted by formerly incarcerated folks for nearly 20 years. The playback of the episode can be found here.

We applaud Dr. Russell for her impactful work!