Chloe Zehr
- MA Student
- EARLY AMERICA / AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
Advisor: Professor Sachs • Chloe started her MA in the Fall of 2022. Their research focuses on eighteenth and nineteenth-century enslaved resistance and the reconstruction of those histories in the twentieth century. Chloe pairs traditional archival methodologies with digital methods such as computer programming, digital storytelling, and mapping to address deeper contextualizations of enslaved resistance, especially as early Black intellectuals retold those histories in the early twentieth century. Chloe chose to pursue graduate studies at CU Boulder to work with Dr. Sachs, who brings a wealth of knowledge and nuance to studying slavery, resistance, and gender - and to participate in CU’s unique interdisciplinary digital humanities program. Chloe earned their B.A. in History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where they primarily studied how enslaved resistance informed gendered constructs of Black femininity in the Caribbean. When not writing, reading, or researching, Chloe loves to rock climb, read fantasy books, and go on adventures.