Biography

Milaun Freeman is an audiovisual archivist and digital strategist at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, where she leads community engagement initiatives and develops innovative approaches to archival access and storytelling. She is also the founder of the Cultural Memory Studio, an emerging initiative focused on reimagining how Black histories are preserved, experienced, and activated through digital and community-centered practices.

Originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, Milaun holds dual bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Africana Studies from Winston-Salem State University, as well as a Master of Library Science from North Carolina Central University. She is currently a PhD student in Rhetoric, Communication, and Information Design at Clemson University, where her research explores archives, metadata, and Black diasporic memory through digital and narrative frameworks.

Her work centers on rethinking archives as dynamic, living systems, bridging historical preservation with digital storytelling, experimental metadata practices, and collaborative models of cultural memory.