Portland State University  Public History Portfolio




Zoe V. Wooff
Portland OR
zvwooff@gmail.com 503-421-3584

I am a public historian based in Portland, Oregon, with experience in research, archival management, and both academic and public-facing writing.

My work focuses on gender, race, and labor, with an emphasis on historical and contemporary representations of marginalized groups.
 
I care deeply about how history is told and who gets remembered, and I’m especially drawn to projects that balance academic rigor with accessibility.



AVEL L. GORDLY PAPERS ADDENDUM 
With S. Fox and Dr. Patricia Schechter
An internship focused on processing materials from Senator Avel Gordly’s personal archive

DISCOURSE AND THE MARGINALIZATION OF SEX WORKERS IN POLICY AND SCHOLARSHIP
Final papers for MA exam
ARCHIVES & STIGMA
IMPERIAL AND MILITARY CONTACT ZONES LITERATURE AND POPULAR MEDIA

“NO REGRETS, COYOTE”

Margo St. James, COYOTE,  and the Recursive Nature of the Sex Workers’ Rights Movement

THREE MINUTE THESIS PRESENTATION TEXT PRESENTATION VISUAL

“SOME OF THE SPOOKIEST STUFF YOU’VE EVER SEEN”
An oral history interview conducted with Portland area graphic designer Miranda Field-Martin about the COVID-19 pandemic
INTERVIEW INSTRUMENTREFLECTIVE PAPER
RACE AND PUBLIC HOUSING IN VANCOUVER: 1940s TO 1950s 
With M. Bevency, L. Han, R. Pardo-Monahan, E. Robinson, E. Smalley, J. Stokes, A. Wallace. 
A zine on the history of the Fourth Plain district of central Vancouver produced for Fourth Plain Forward and the Clark County Historical Museum


“MEAN OL’ LEVEE”: UNPACKING CIVILIAN KATRINA NARRATIVES
A synthesis and analysis of civilian oral histories from the Historic New Orleans Collection‘s digital collections

WIKIPEDIA
Lilian Burwell Lewis