Clayborne Carson
Professor of American History & Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
During his undergraduate years at UCLA, Dr. Carson was a participant in and observer of African-American political movements. Since receiving his doctorate from UCLA in 1975, he has taught at Stanford University, where he is now professor of history and director of the King Papers Project. Dr. Carson has also been a visiting professor at American University, the University of California, Berkeley, and Emory University as well as a Fellow at the Center for the Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford.

email: ccarson@stanford.edu

Susan Carson
Managing Editor
Susan joined the staff in 1987 as the librarian and archivist.

email: scarson@stanford.edu

Tenisha Armstrong
Associate Editor
Tenisha began as a 1998 Martin Luther King, Jr. Summer Fellow, and joined the Project staff in September of that year. She is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Cruz.

email: tenisha@stanford.edu

Susan Englander
Assistant Editor
Susan received a Ph.D. in US History from UCLA in 1999. She joined the staff in September 2001.

email: susan.englander@stanford.edu

Jane Abbott
Project Administrator
Jane has been Project Administrator since July of 1998. She is a graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato.

email: jabbott@stanford.edu

Regina Covington
Associate Administrator
Regina joined the project staff in June of 2000 after relocating from the Island of Kauai.

email: regcov@stanford.edu

Erin Cook
Associate Director, Liberation Curriculum
Erin is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara. She joined the staff in the fall of 2001.

email: erincook@stanford.edu

Beth Brummel
Research Assistant
Beth is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis. She joined the staff in 2002.

email: ebrummel@stanford.edu

Brandon Hunter
Research Assistant
Brandon earned a B.A. in African-American Studies from Columbia University in 2004.  He joined the staff in Summer 2005.

email: bhunter@stanford.edu

Madolyn Orr
Research Assistant
Madolyn is a graduate of University of Notre Dame, Indiana, and University of Leeds, England. She joined the staff in January 2005.

email: mdorr@stanford.edu

Stewart O. Walker
Research Assistant
Stewart joined the King Papers Project in the Fall of 2002. He graduated from Vassar College in May of 2000.

email: stewart.walker@stanford.edu

Paula Wirth
Research Assistant - Web
Paula is a graduate of Rice University in Houston, TX, and studied for her M.F.A. at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. She joined the staff in the fall of 2004.

email: pwirth@stanford.edu

Jesika Gandhi
Systems Analyst
Jesika is the graduate of the University of Bombay. She joined the staff in 2002.

email: jgandhi@stanford.edu