Benji de la Piedra is an interdependent scholar and oral historian. A Visiting Fellow in the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, he is researching and writing about the vast and interrelated worlds and work of Afro-American intellectuals Herbert Denton Jr, Ralph Ellison, and Albert Murray. Benji designed and implemented the DC Oral History Collaborative’s inaugural workshops in 2017, and continues to professionally practice, teach, and consult on oral history methodology across the United States. He co-chaired both the Oral History Association’s 2022 virtual symposium on “Race & Power in Oral History” and the OHA’s 2023 annual meeting on “Oral History As/And Education.” He holds a B.A. in American Studies and M.A. in Oral History from Columbia University and is a proud member of the Washington International School’s class of 2010.