Join us for an overview of queer history i n Indiana\, how to approach researching it\, and then a discussion on some repositories and resources. Presented by Nicole Poletika.
\nNicole Poletika (she/her) is an Indianapolis-based public historian\, who special izes in social justice and minority history\, as well as history relevance . She earned her Bachelor&rsquo\;s Degree in History from Ball State Unive rsity and her Master&rsquo\;s in Public History\, as well as a Professiona l Editing Certificate\, from IUPUI. Poletika currently works for the India na Historical Bureau\, a division of the Indiana State Library\, where she conducts extensive research for historical markers\, most recently Indian a&rsquo\;s first LGBTQ marker. She serves as editor of the Indiana History Blog\, and her work has been published in Belt Magazine and Traces of Ind iana and Midwestern History. Poletika also helps coordinate women&rsquo\;s history programming\, such as the Hoosier Women at Work History Conferenc e and the National Women&rsquo\;s Suffrage Marker Grant Program. As a reci pient of Indiana Humanities&rsquo\; 2021 Wilma Gibbs Moore Fellowship\, sh e has explored the 1972 National Black Political Convention&rsquo\;s legac y of political empowerment. Her findings will be published in the Universi ty of Kansas&rsquo\;s forthcoming Liberal Heartland Anthology.
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