Community oral historian Amanda Riggenbach will highlight the basics of oral history as both a practice and a tradition. She will cover methodology as well as the lessons she has learned from various projects.

Riggenbach serves as the Education and Engagement Program Coordinator at the Peoria Riverfront Museum in Peoria, Illinois. She also works as a community oral historian, started an oral history project at the Peoria Riverfront Museum, and gives presentations throughout the area. Prior to serving at the Peoria Riverfront Museum, Riggenbach was the Tumultuous 2020 Project Manager at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois. Tumultuous 2020 is an oral history project focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Illinois through the lens of personal stories. Riggenbach presented the findings of this project at the 2022 Conference on Illinois History in Springfield, Illinois, and the 2022 Oral History Association Annual Conference in Los Angeles, California. Riggenbach holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Psychology from Bradley University.

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