Alison Rose Jefferson, M.H.C. | Ph.D.

A third generation Californian, Alison Rose Jefferson, M.H.C, Ph.D. is a historian and heritage conservation consultant. She reconstructs the stories of the African American experience which have been left out or marginalized in the telling of American history as a tool in the struggle for social justice. She is currently working on Applied History projects dealing with the African American experience during the Jim Crow era. Working with Santa Monica’s Belmar History + Art project and the Central Avenue heritage trail with Angels Walk L.A, Jefferson is drawing on her research to guide and enrich these public programs at these Southern California locales that feature historical significance as well as contemporary consequence. Both projects are becoming available for public consumption in early 2021.

Jefferson is a Scholar in Residence with the Institute for the Study of Los Angeles at Occidental Colleges for 2021. She will in virtual campus and public programs share her work to re-center the African American experience in local history and heritage conservation efforts.

Webwerf: www.alisonrosejefferson.com