LILMOD delegation on the steps at the United Nations

Research Training & Methodology

Research & Field Impact

LILMOD trains emerging leaders in field research, digital humanities, public history, and institutional knowledge production through 890 verified hours of hands-on work.

890Verified Research & Fieldwork Hours
420Landfall / NPS Hours
224Movement, Memory and Justice Hours
120Johns Island Field School Hours
96Centering 1526 Hours
804+Tour Views and Audio Plays

Projects as evidence.

Each project is presented as a proof block: cover image, concise institutional context, available metrics, examples, and field documentation.

Reconstruction Era National Historical Park documentation

Landfall: Come By The Combee

Digital audio tour developed through the HBCUI National Park Service program with Reconstruction Era National Historical Park. It interprets the Combahee River Raid through immersive storytelling, Gullah-Geechee memory, descendant-centered interpretation, and public digital education.

420 hrs280+ views524+ plays
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James Height Jr. at Johns Island field school

Johns Island Preservation Field School

Hands-on preservation methodology at Hebron Church, Promise Land School, and surrounding heritage sites through the Johns Island Field School program.

120 hrsPreservationLowcountry
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Outdoor Movement Memory and Justice fieldwork

Movement, Memory and Justice

Mellon-funded Morehouse initiative using interviews, public scholarship, and field-based research to connect movement history, memory, and justice frameworks.

224 hrsMorehouseMellon
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Lowcountry fieldwork landscape

Centering 1526

Africana cultural theory and early Atlantic history research connecting public memory, historical formation, and institutional interpretation.

96 hrsAfricana Studies
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Archive field notes

Septima P. Clark Educational Resistance Archive

Digital humanities and public history research focused on educational resistance, leadership memory, and civic formation.

ArchiveEducation
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Avery Institute documentation

Avery Institute Documentation Project

Charleston-based documentation connected to cultural infrastructure, institutional memory, Gullah-Geechee history, and preservation research.

CharlestonDocumentation
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Research Infrastructure

Convert fieldwork into institutional knowledge.