Chris Pandza - Incite at Columbia University
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Chris Pandza
(Department of Memory)
- Contact cmp2268@columbia.edu
Chris Pandza is a Canadian curator and oral historian who led Incite's digital initiatives from 2022 to 2025.
Chris' work combines computational methods and inclusive design to make archives more accessible, beautiful, and equitable. His projects at Incite included the Obama Presidency Oral History, Baldwin-Emerson Elders Project, and the Movements Against Mass Incarceration oral history, which have been honored by the Webby, Anthem, and Oral History Association Awards.
His work has been covered by MSNBC, the New York Times, the Society of American Archivists, and It's Nice That. He has been invited to share his work at Cornell University, Yale University, the Northeastern Public Humanities Consortium, and the Oral History Association.
Chris now leads Department of Memory, a practice helping organizations do more with their archives.
Projects
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go to Movements Against Mass Incarceration
Movements Against Mass IncarcerationBuilding the United States' first archive to center the political ideas and movement-building of incarcerated people. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation -
go to Obama Presidency Oral History
Obama Presidency Oral HistoryCreating a comprehensive oral history of the Obama years with over 450 officials, activists, organizers, and extraordinary people from all walks of life. Funded by Columbia University's Office of the President
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go to The Elders Project
The Elders ProjectCapturing the stories of elders who have shaped America—from Civil Rights activists to tribal leaders to survivors of Stonewall—before they’re lost to history. Funded by Emerson Collective
Related Works
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Chris Pandza, "Let Them Speak: In Search of the Drowned; Testimonies and Testimonial Fragments of the Holocaust", Oral History Review, August 4, 2025
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Jacqueline Woodson, Madeline Alexander, Chris Pandza, Arek Romanski, Lukasz Knasiecki, Magdalena Kesik, Ada Buchholc, et al., "Webby Award", International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, April 22, 2025
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Chris Pandza, "Redesigning oral history archives with artificial intelligence", University College London, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, January 20, 2025
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Jacqueline Woodson, Madeline Alexander, Chris Pandza, Arek Romanski, Lukasz Knasiecki, Magdalena Kesik, et al., "Anthem Award, Gold", International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, November 19, 2024
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Chris Pandza, "Curating Oral Histories with Data", Oral History Association, November 1, 2024
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Liz Strong, Chris Pandza, "The Obama Presidency Oral History", Extra! by Oral History Review, October 24, 2024
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Chris Pandza, Madeline Alexander, "Curating Oral Histories with Data", DH 2024, August 6, 2024
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Chris Pandza, "AI's Role in Processing Oral Histories", Oral History Assocation, July 16, 2024
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Chris Pandza, "Webby Award Honoree", International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, April 23, 2024
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Chris Pandza, "Reimagining oral history archives with artificial intelligence", Northeastern Public Humanities Consortium at Yale University, April 13, 2024
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Chris Pandza, Madeline Alexander, "Oral history and space", Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, February 28, 2024
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Chris Pandza, "Using AI to analyze and organize oral history", Columbia University, October 5, 2023