Project Team

Faculty

Cameron Blevins

Cameron Blevins is Associate Teaching Professor in the History Department and Director of Digital Initiatives for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver. He is overseeing the technical development of the project's walking tour and project website.

Michelle Comstock

Dr. Michelle Comstock is an associate professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Technology in the Department of English and faculty fellow of community partnerships at CU Denver. Her research, which is informed by scholarship in sonic rhetoric, cultural studies, and the environmental humanities, examines how sound mediates our experiences of self, community, and the natural environment. As co-PI for this project, Dr. Comstock assisted the team in archival research, audio script writing, and some sound production.

Rachel Gross

Rachel S. Gross is Associate Professor of History at CU Denver and a member of the NEH grant team, "Recovering Auraria's Past." As a public historian, she works with community groups, teaches students about how to research and commemorate the past, and participates in campus-wide efforts to expand awareness of the historical Auraria neighborhood.

Students

Sophia Imperioli

Sophia Imperioli was a Graduate Student of Public History at the University of Colorado Denver. She contributed to the project's initial website and research for the audio tour.

Krista Marks

Krista Marks is a public history professional. In her graduate studies at CU Denver, she worked as a Walking Tour Guide with the Auraria Project, an Archival Assistant with Auraria Library, and the Wes Brown Map Intern at the Denver Public Library, where she wrote a storymap history of the Sun Valley neighborhood. She has been working in collaboration with the Auraria Historical Advocacy Council and CU Denver faculty members to interpret Auraria's History by co-leading the recording and editing of the audio tour.

Indira Saha

Indira Saha is a public history professional. During her graduate studies at CU Denver, she worked as a Research Assistant with the Auraria Project and as the Colorado Heritage for All intern with the State Historic Preservation Office, where she wrote the State Register nomination for the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Medhanealem Church. She contributed research and co-led the recording and editing of the audio tour. She currently works at History Colorado on A Portrait of Colorado at 150 statewide storytelling initiative.

Community Partners

Sheila Perez-Kindle

Sheila Perez-Kindle is a displaced Aurarian and member of the Auraria Historical Advocacy Council. She provided editorial oversight and helped create the overall vision of the audio tour, along with recording individual sections.

Virginia Castro

Virginia Castro is a displaced Aurarian and member of the Auraria Historical Advocacy Council. She provided editorial oversight and helped create the overall vision of the audio tour.

Frances Torres

Frances Torres was a displaced Aurarian and member of the Auraria Historical Advocacy Council. She provided editorial oversight and helped create the overall vision of the audio tour.