Editorial Team

Director: Renee Romano is the Robert S. Danforth Professor of History, and Professor of Comparative American Studies and Africana Studies. She is thrilled to be continuing Professor Nunley’s work as the new director of the History Design Lab.

Editor: Aidan Goldberg is a junior History and Political Science major from Boston. He is an editor of On Second Thought and is on the college rugby team.

Editor: Dan Ha Lee is a sophomore Politics major from Vietnam. She is the treasurer for On Second Thought and is working on her own project about historical memory of the Vietnam War in Vietnam.

Editor: Cristal Ramos is a Sophomore from Chicago, Illinois who intends on majoring in Creative Writing and minoring in History this Spring. Her research interests include Latina/o History and post-World War II American history with a focus on global relations. In addition to working with the editorial team on On Second Thought at Oberlin, she is a program coordinator for Oberlin’s La Alianza Latinx’s student identity org.

Editor: Gunja Sarkar is a senior majoring in History and Computer Science with a minor in mathematics. She is from Seattle, Washington. She is writing an honors thesis about the ways in which historians have adapted to new digital technologies. In addition to working on On Second Thought at Oberlin, she is a captain of the club soccer team, a Computer Science department assistant, and can usually be found in the library!

Editor: Meredith Warden is a senior majoring in History and minoring in Comparative American Studies. She is writing an honors thesis about how historical house museums have incorporated queer narratives into their interpretation. In addition to working on On Second Thought, she also contributes writing and editing for numerous other projects. At Oberlin, she is a member of the field hockey team, a student blogger for the Office of Communications, and a Writing Associate in the Writing Center. She is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.