About Me

Hello, my name is Tylar Campbell.

I am a Storyteller and Multimodal-Artist with a focus on historical settlements and fugitive archives.

I am currently a Ph.D. candidate at Simon Fraser University’s School of Interactive Arts & Technology (SIAT) and 2022 recipient of the Vanier Graduate Scholar Award. I hold a MA from Stanford University in Data Journalism. My research looks at the role of digital technology, empathic media, and artificial intelligence in the creation of new realities that re-frame past, present, and future. As a member of the Making Culture Lab (MCL), I research multi-modal anthropology and fugitivity. My research builds on my MA thesis, which consisted of an oral history of lynching in the American Deep South, that traces my ancestral lineage as a direct descendent of Wesley Johnson, victim of the last mob lynching in Alabama. This led to a multi-modal production of storytelling with a data visualization, written narrative, and podcast. My work investigates methods to discuss fugitive histories and how these spaces are being reclaimed.