Madison, Wisconsin: University Archives and Records Management Services
Summary
In her 2021 interviews with Sophia Abrams, Shiloah Coley speaks on her experiences as a black undergraduate student at UW-Madison, specifically centered on faculties such as the Art Department and the School of Journalism. She discusses how her passions and critical questioning developed over her years at the university, and how she utilized classes to combine her passions in research, sociology, ethnography, art, and journalism, while also engaging with the community. She also talks about navigating her experiences as one of the few black people in academic spaces, and how it made her develop confidence in her identity. This interview was conducted for the inclusion into the Black Artists at UW Project for the UW-Madison Archives & Records Management oral history collection.