diff --git a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/CommentStream.js b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/CommentStream.js
index a0eaca044..6da2bd22b 100644
--- a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/CommentStream.js
+++ b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/CommentStream.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import LikeButton from '../../coral-plugin-likes/LikeButton';
 import PermalinkButton from '../../coral-plugin-permalinks/PermalinkButton';
 import SignInContainer from '../../coral-sign-in/containers/SignInContainer';
 import UserBox from '../../coral-sign-in/components/UserBox';
+import CommentHistory from '../../coral-plugin-history/CommentHistory';
 
 const {addItem, updateItem, postItem, getStream, postAction, deleteAction, appendItemArray} = itemActions;
 const {addNotification, clearNotification} = notificationActions;
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ class CommentStream extends Component {
     const {actions, users, comments} = this.props.items;
     const {loggedIn, user, showSignInDialog} = this.props.auth;
     return <div className={showSignInDialog ? 'expandForSignin' : ''}>
+      <CommentHistory />
       {
         rootItem
         ? <div>
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/actions/items.js b/client/coral-framework/actions/items.js
index f922280c1..148dabbfa 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/actions/items.js
+++ b/client/coral-framework/actions/items.js
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+import sortBy from 'lodash/sortBy';
+
 /* Item Actions */
 
+export const REQUEST_COMMENTS_BY_USER = 'REQUEST_COMMENTS_BY_USER';
+export const RECEIVE_COMMENTS_BY_USER = 'RECEIVE_COMMENTS_BY_USER';
+export const FAILURE_COMMENTS_BY_USER = 'FAILURE_COMMENTS_BY_USER';
+
 /**
  * Action name constants
  */
@@ -84,6 +90,27 @@ export const appendItemArray = (id, property, value, add_to_front, item_type) =>
   };
 };
 
+/**
+ *
+ * Get a list of comments by a single user
+ *
+ * @param {string} user_id
+ * @returns Promise
+ */
+export const fetchCommentsByUserId = userId => {
+  return (dispatch) => {
+    dispatch({type: REQUEST_COMMENTS_BY_USER});
+    return fetch(`/api/v1/comments?user_id=${userId}`, getInit('GET'))
+      .then(responseHandler)
+      .then(comments => {
+        dispatch({type: RECEIVE_COMMENTS_BY_USER, comments});
+      })
+      .catch(error => {
+        dispatch({type: FAILURE_COMMENTS_BY_USER, error});
+      });
+  };
+};
+
 /*
 * Get Items from Query
 * Gets a set of items from a predefined query
@@ -104,25 +131,24 @@ export function getStream (assetUrl) {
       .then((json) => {
 
         /* Add items to the store */
-        const itemTypes = Object.keys(json);
-        for (let i = 0; i < itemTypes.length; i++ ) {
-          if (itemTypes[i] === 'actions') {
-            for (let j = 0; j < json[itemTypes[i]].length; j++ ) {
-              let action = json[itemTypes[i]][j];
+        Object.keys(json).forEach(type => {
+          if (type === 'actions') {
+            json[type].forEach(action => {
               action.id = `${action.action_type}_${action.item_id}`;
               dispatch(addItem(action, 'actions'));
-            }
+            });
           } else {
-            for (let j = 0; j < json[itemTypes[i]].length; j++ ) {
-              dispatch(addItem(json[itemTypes[i]][j], itemTypes[i]));
-            }
+            json[type].forEach(item => {
+              dispatch(addItem(item, type));
+            });
           }
-        }
+        });
 
         const assetId = json.assets[0].id;
 
         /* Sort comments by date*/
         json.comments.sort((a, b) => new Date(b.created_at).getTime() - new Date(a.created_at).getTime());
+
         const rels = json.comments.reduce((h, item) => {
           /* Check for root and child comments. */
           if (
@@ -140,15 +166,14 @@ export function getStream (assetUrl) {
 
         dispatch(updateItem(assetId, 'comments', rels.rootComments, 'assets'));
 
-        const childKeys = Object.keys(rels.childComments);
-        for (let i = 0; i < childKeys.length; i++ ) {
-          dispatch(updateItem(childKeys[i], 'children', rels.childComments[childKeys[i]].reverse(), 'comments'));
-        }
+        Object.keys(rels.childComments).forEach(key => {
+          dispatch(updateItem(key, 'children', rels.childComments[key].reverse(), 'comments'));
+        });
 
         /* Hydrate actions on comments */
-        for (let i = 0; i < json.actions.length; i++ ) {
-          dispatch(updateItem(json.actions[i].item_id, json.actions[i].action_type, json.actions[i].id, 'comments'));
-        }
+        json.actions.forEach(action => {
+          dispatch(updateItem(action.item_id, action.action_type, action.id, 'comments'));
+        });
 
         return (json);
       });
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/reducers/items.js b/client/coral-framework/reducers/items.js
index 17569c545..fa14085f3 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/reducers/items.js
+++ b/client/coral-framework/reducers/items.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import * as actions from '../actions/items';
 const initialState = fromJS({
   comments: {},
   users: {},
-  actions: {} 
+  actions: {}
 });
 
 export default (state = initialState, action) => {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default (state = initialState, action) => {
     return state.setIn([action.item_type, action.id, action.property], fromJS(action.value));
   case actions.APPEND_ITEM_ARRAY:
     return state.updateIn([action.item_type, action.id, action.property], (prop) => {
-      console.log(prop);
+      console.log(action, prop);
       if (action.add_to_front) {
         return prop ? prop.unshift(fromJS(action.value)) : fromJS([action.value]);
       } else {
diff --git a/client/coral-plugin-comment-count/CommentCount.js b/client/coral-plugin-comment-count/CommentCount.js
index 7a27c1982..87f656c22 100644
--- a/client/coral-plugin-comment-count/CommentCount.js
+++ b/client/coral-plugin-comment-count/CommentCount.js
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import {I18n} from '../coral-framework';
 import translations from './translations.json';
+import has from 'lodash/has';
+import reduce from 'lodash/reduce';
 const name = 'coral-plugin-comment-count';
 
 const CommentCount = ({items, id}) => {
   let count = 0;
-  if (items.assets[id] && items.assets[id].comments) {
+  if (has(items, `assets.${id}.comments`)) {
     count += items.assets[id].comments.length;
   }
-  const itemKeys = Object.keys(items.comments);
-  for (let i = 0; i < itemKeys.length; i++) {
-    const item = items.comments[itemKeys[i]];
-    if (item.children) {
-      count += item.children.length;
+
+  // lodash reduce works on {}
+  count += reduce(items.comments, (accum, comment) => {
+    if (comment.children) {
+      accum += comment.children.length;
     }
-  }
+    return accum;
+  }, 0);
 
   return <div className={`${name}-text`}>
     {`${count} ${count === 1 ? lang.t('comment') : lang.t('comment-plural')}`}
diff --git a/client/coral-plugin-comment-history/CommentHistory.js b/client/coral-plugin-history/CommentHistory.js
similarity index 100%
rename from client/coral-plugin-comment-history/CommentHistory.js
rename to client/coral-plugin-history/CommentHistory.js
diff --git a/models/comment.js b/models/comment.js
index 2ac130978..2aedefe62 100644
--- a/models/comment.js
+++ b/models/comment.js
@@ -210,6 +210,15 @@ CommentSchema.statics.all = () => {
   return Comment.find();
 };
 
+/**
+ * Returns all the comments by user
+ * probably to be paginated at some point in the future
+ * @return {Promise} array resolves to an array of comments by that user
+ */
+CommentSchema.statics.findByUserId = function (author_id) {
+  return Comment.find({author_id});
+};
+
 // Comment model.
 const Comment = mongoose.model('Comment', CommentSchema);
 
diff --git a/routes/api/comments/index.js b/routes/api/comments/index.js
index d318857d6..3fdbca334 100644
--- a/routes/api/comments/index.js
+++ b/routes/api/comments/index.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ router.get('/', (req, res, next) => {
     query = Comment.findByStatus(req.query.status);
   } else if (req.query.action_type) {
     query = Comment.findByActionType(req.query.action_type);
+  } else if (req.query.user_id) {
+    query = Comment.findByUserId(req.query.user_id);
   } else {
     query = Comment.all();
   }