Researcher · Writer · Advocate
Alexis Bendickson is a student researcher and writer working at the intersection of history, policy, and human rights — building on interdisciplinary study in philosophy, political science, and sociology.
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Research, public education, and practical tools — three doors into the same project: recovering the record and putting it to work.
Archival public-history research on slavery, memory, and place — tracing the people and institutions connected to the Avalon plantation and the land beneath a modern university. First-place poster, UAH SCS session (2026).
Follow the research →A 185-episode educational video series on history, policy, and power — now in development for YouTube, with shorts planned across TikTok and Reels.
Watch and read →Practical downloads for researchers and students: genealogy templates, an LSAT study planner, and an archival research toolkit.
Browse the shop →Currently reading
A foundational anti-imperialist analysis of colonial extraction and its long economic afterlife.
A history of Reconstruction centering Black political agency — a throughline for the Avalon research.
Essays on identity, double consciousness, and the color line — a recurring reference point.
A history of racist ideas in America, tracing how they were produced and contested over time.
Occasional notes on the research, the reading, and the work of unlearning — plus first word on new shop drops. No noise, unsubscribe anytime.
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