Casey is an oral historian, writer, and inveterate inquirer whose work is motivated by the extraordinary lives of everyday humans as well as the spaces with which they interact. Merging academic curiosity with two decades as an advertising copywriter and chatbot conversation designer, she’s as interested in the history as she is in the ways it might be shared.

Casey’s work focuses on architecture, class, community, and individual experience. In listening to people share their memories of how they’ve lived and where they’ve been, she finds connection, meaning, and new ways to understand the world at large.

Some of her research interests include:

• Oral history as a conflict-resolution tool that encourages dynamic conversations across cultures and through generations. 

• Alternative interpretations of events, individuals, and experiences that are often condemned or considered contentious. (Or, why jury duty can be a blessing.)

• Those who feel called to serve, from members of the clergy to politicians, firefighters, activists, and beyond. 

• Bridges between social stratification, among them community gardens, mixed-income housing, and spectator sports. 

• Birth and death doulas who serve as stewards at the start of life and shepherds at the end. 

• Architectural palimpsests as works of visual art that provide maps to the memories of people and places in transition.

 Casey holds a BA in Journalism from the college that gave her the scholarship that made it possible, as well as an MA in Oral History from Columbia University. When she’s not talking to strangers, Casey enjoys mudlarking, romanticizing Victorian life, delighting in sleight-of-hand magic, scouring microhistories, and being the unofficial hypewoman of the American Midwest.