Abigail Swanson is a Ph.D. candidate in the History department, a Center for Regional Studies Fellow, and the associate editor at the New Mexico Historical Review. Her studies focus on nineteenth and twentieth-century reproduction and gender in the American Southwest. Abigail was a GA for one year in the History department. She is currently working on research for her dissertation. During her undergraduate studies at the University of Washington, Abigail wrote encyclopedic entries for BlackPast.org. After graduating with a BA in History from the University of Washington in 2013, Abigail took over a decade off of school and participated in community activism, community event planning, and artistic endeavors including performance art, music, and writing poetry. She also started a small vintage clothing company focused on circular fashion and sustainability. She has two wonderful chihuahuas named Ripley and Wayne.