Matt Randolph

Matt Randolph is a History PhD candidate in his fifth year in the Transnational, Global, and International (TIG) field with research interests spanning the history of the African Diaspora in the Atlantic World. His dissertation explores the interconnected history of the United States and the Caribbean through African American migration from North American ports to Samaná Bay in the Dominican Republic throughout the nineteenth-century. Matt is also broadly interested in centering Black experiences in maritime history, digital scholarship (especially working with maps), and public history, as well as the intersection of the disciplines of geography and history.

Through the Slavery and Freedom workshop, Matt looks forward to creating a space for scholars to build bridges and a sense of community across disciplines and departments. He has also founded and led two reading groups at Stanford: one for Caribbean Studies and another for the history and legacy of the Black Panther Party. In his spare time, Matt enjoys photography, comic books, and drawing the world around him in his sketchbook, whether in the Bay Area or while traveling abroad.