The Lafayette Queer Archives Project 
I am founder and director of the Lafayette College Queer Archives Project (QAP), an interdisciplinary digital humanities project and collaborative venture between the Lafayette Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program and the Lafayette Libraries. Using the open source publishing platform Scalar, the QAP networks Lafayette LGBTQ+ alumni oral histories with 160+ archival artifacts to uncover an institution’s Queer history, improve visibility and campus climate, and intentionally infuse LGBTQ+ content across the curriculum.
Lafayette Queer Archives Project Scalar Site Landing Page (2024).
***In 2020, the Lafayette College Queer Archives Project was nationally recognized with the Primary Source Award for Access from the prestigious Center for Research Libraries.***
The QAP leadership team is Dean of Lafayette Libraries Dr. Charlotte Nunes, College Archivist/Co-Director of Lafayette Special Collections and Archives Elaine Stomber, and myself. Since its inception, many Lafayette student-scholars have been key participants in the creation and expansion of the QAP.
Related Publications
Armstrong, Nunes, and Wellnitz, “Queer Pasts, Queer Futures: The Lafayette College Queer Archives Project” In Transforming the Authority of the Archive: Undergraduate Pedagogy and Critical Digital Archives. Ed. Andi Gustavson and Charlotte Nunes. Lever Press, (2023): 114-144.
“The Lafayette College Queer Archives Project Digital Humanities Sites,” OutHistory, October 2023.
“Lafayette College Faced Its Antigay Past by Saving Its LGBTQ History,” The Advocate, May 2019.
“Queer Pasts, Queer Futures: The Lafayette College Queer Archives Project” Exhibit, Spring 2023, Skillman Library, Lafayette College.