Anna F. Kaplan is an independent historian and oral historian whose work focuses on issues of race, memory, and historical narratives. She serves as the President of Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region and Co-Chair of the Oral History Association’s Diversity Committee. She has worked on oral history projects with the Archives of American Art and the National Park Service, exhibits and walking tours with multiple Smithsonian Institution museums, and helped establish the DC Oral History Collaborative supporting local community projects throughout Washington, DC. Her current projects include a book manuscript about the memory of the University of Mississippi’s desegregation and a research project on Black women’s labors in establishing oral history programs or centers in the US. She also teaches courses on US history and oral history at American University and UDC. Recently, Anna published the article “Cultivating Supports while Venturing into Interviewing During COVID-19” in the Oral History Review and organized the virtual panel “In Our Own Words: Deaf Perspectives in Oral History and Public History” sponsored by the National Council on Public History, the Drs. John S. & Betty J. Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center at Gallaudet University, the Public History Program at American University, and the Oral History Association. She is also the recipient of the 2020-2021 Study the South research fellowship from the University of Mississippi and a participant of the 2021 NEH Summer Institute “The New Deal Era’s Federal Writers’ Project: History, Politics, and Legacy.”