Michelle Boyd
Recent Pieces from Michelle Boyd
Act
(01:45)
From: Michelle Boyd
The first of a three-part sound collage that memorializes African American men and women who were tortured by Chicago Police officers in the 1970s and 1980s.
Denial
(01:05)
From: Michelle Boyd
The second of a three-part sound collage that memorializes African American men and women who were tortured by Chicago Police officers in the 1970s and 1980s.
Aftermath
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From: Michelle Boyd
The final piece in a three-part sound collage that memorializes African American men and women who were tortured by Chicago Police officers in the 1970s and 1980s.
About Me
Michelle Boyd is a writer, scholar, and audio producer whose work explores social injustice in America. Using nonfiction storytelling techniques and ethnographic research methods, she creates text and audio accounts of racial inequality that are intellectually rigourous, emotionally compelling, and widely accessible.
Michelle is currently the Associate Director of Programs at the Institute for Research on Race & Public Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She also holds faculty appointments in the departments of African American studies and political science.
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