Michael Corey

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Geospatial, Technology, and Data Lead/Associate Director
Mapping Prejudice
Research Interests

As the Technical Lead for Mapping Prejudice, I regularly present on the history of racial covenants and associated demographic changes. I am also currently a master's student in the Heritage Studies and Public History program at the University of Minnesota.

Biography

Michael Corey is the Geospatial, Technical and Data Lead / Associate Director for Mapping Prejudice. Before transitioning to public history, Michael spent 20 years as a journalist and data journalist at the Star Tribune, Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and the Des Moines Register. His previous work has spanned zoning and segregation, mortgage disparities, the U.S.-Mexico border fence system, human-induced earthquakes, and sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.