Lindsay Zafir

Lindsay Zafir is a Distinguished Lecturer in Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Programs and the Academic Director of Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice. She holds a PhD in History from Yale University, and her research focuses on the histories of social movements, science, and sexuality. She is the co-founder and co-director of the ACORN Oral History Project, a large-scale oral history of staff, members, and leaders of the community organizing group ACORN. She is also the co-editor of Power Lines: Building a Labor-Climate Justice Movement, an anthology on organizing at the intersection of labor and climate justice. Lindsay previously served as the editor of The Forge: Organizing Strategy and Practice, an online publication and learning community for organizers across the progressive movement. She is currently working on a book, State of Denial, which examines HIV/AIDS denialism in the context of rising science denialism transnationally.