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Journalism: Co-written piece on police policy changes →

March 23, 2026
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“Despite the uncertainty around what protections exist for them and how they will be treated, local organizers said that they remain cautiously optimistic about the DNC.”

- Sam Stecklow, Isra Rahman, Andrew Fan and Layla June West

LOOKING FOR LAYLA: A slideshow presentation →

December 18, 2025
LOOKING FOR LAYLA: A slideshow presentation

Creative Self-Fashioning and the Performance of Desire. A presentation of Monica L. Miller’s book chapter by Layla June West

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Who and what is to be considered African American history and culture? →

December 18, 2025
Who and what is to be considered African American history and culture?

Who and what is to be considered African American history and culture? History is commonly defined as the summary of a people’s past, often captured as a story with particular people and events coming to the fore, and culture broadly describes the ways in which people live and structure their lives.

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Selected Projects

This page acts as a writing sample. It includes independent work (LOOKING 4 LAYLA) as well as paid projects (Studs Terkel Radio Archive). Consider this a writing sample.


Visual Art

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Egypt, Tracing
Egyptian Heiroglyphs
Egypt, Tracing
Egypt, Tracing
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Bartender, Hungry Brain (Live Sketch)
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Wordsmith, hoop earring (Live Sketch)
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Three Man Band (Live Sketch)
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live
Egypt, Tracing
Annotated Stela
Egypt, Tracing
Egypt, Tracing
Tracing, History & Culture
Audre Lorde
Tracing, History & Culture
Tracing, History & Culture