The Journey.

A native of Schenectady, NY, I found myself as a computer scientist working for corporate America and stationed in Johanessburg, South Africa. My travels through Bantuland brought me to Robben Island, where I learned of South Africa’s first political prisoner during Apartheid, Robert Sobukwe. This unsung hero was imprisoned for his ability to craft messages of upheavel and liberation. Charred by the collateral flames of mass incarceration in my community, and warmed by the legacy and life of Robert Sobukwe, I now position my scholarship as a blazing commitment to the investigation and dismantling of systems sheathed in antiblackness, policing, and empire.