Anna Robinson-Sweet, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Public History Lab

Anna Robinson-Sweet
Anna Robinson-Sweet

Anna Robinson-Sweet is a postdoctoral fellow at the Public History Lab. Robinson-Sweet received her PhD in Information Studies from UCLA in 2026, where she also obtained a graduate certificate in digital humanities. Working at the intersection of information studies, critical prison studies, and digital humanities, her research examines how memory work about incarceration helps us to imagine and enact post-carceral futures. Robinson-Sweet’s research has been published in Archivaria, American Archivist, Journal of Critical Archival Studies, Oral History Review, and KULA, among others. She currently serves as a member of the advisory group for Humanities Action Lab’s States of Incarceration and participates in a community of practice for archivists whose work relates to incarceration.