Jaden Janak (they/he) is an Assistant Professor of History at St. Olaf College and a Senior Fellow with the Center for Applied Transgender Studies. Their research focuses on U.S. prison abolition organizing, LGBTQ+ radical politics, and popular culture. His current book project, Experiments in Freedom: Present Histories of an Abolitionist Future, explores U.S. prison abolitionist organizing from the 1990s to the present. Their scholarship can be found in journals such as GLQ, Behemoth, Social Education, and Communication/Critical Cultural Studies. Outside of their research, Jaden organizes with various local and national abolitionist collectives, including Black Youth Project100. He is a dog dad of two and an enthusiastic supporter of women’s sports. For more information, visit my website!