Gabriella Folsom

Gabriella Folsom is a first-year graduate student in American University’s Public History MA program, and her work focuses on accessibility in digital collections as well as managing operations at public history institutions. She received two bachelor’s degrees from AU in 2020, majoring in history and political science with a minor in Russian language. She uses her administrative background to support work in the humanities and provides financial management and operational support for the Humanities Truck. Her day job is as an administrative specialist at the Library of Congress. Her research interests include working with digital archives and cultural, Russian, and Soviet history. In her free time, she can be found with her two kittens, Kiwi and Daisy.