ATW Research + Consulting develops projects at the intersection of History and Native American and Indigenous Studies.
ATW Research + Consulting
ATW stands for After the Whirlwind.
In the late 18th century, Haudenosaunee people referred to the Revolutionary War as the whirlwind. Our work focuses on Indigenous histories before and after the whirlwind.
What We Do:
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Collaborate
Workshops for Educators— Collaborative projects, Primary source workshops, and curriculum consultation
Professional Development Workshops — Individual and group coaching and mentorship
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Explore
Public-Facing Scholarship — Museum exhibits, Digital projects, and Speaking engagements
Local History Consultations — Place-based projects in Buffalo and Western New York
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Research
Archival Research Initiatives — Strategic planning, development and implementation, Short-term seminars, and Residential workshops
Meet Our Founder
Alyssa Mt. Pleasant is a scholar whose research focuses on Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) history during the Revolutionary War era. She holds a PhD in History from Cornell University and has been a faculty member in History, American Studies, and interdisciplinary Ethnic Studies departments at Yale University and the University at Buffalo (SUNY). Dr. Mt. Pleasant served as founding Program Director of the Native American Scholars Initiative at the American Philosophical Society, connecting campus- and community-based researchers with archival collections.
Dr. Mt. Pleasant established ATW Research + Consulting to focus on projects at the intersection of History and Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) that include public-facing scholarship, archival research initiatives connecting Indigenous researchers with collections, and workshops for educators that draw on the sources, methods, and scholarship of NAIS.
Alyssa Mt. Pleasant, Founder
