diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/UserDetail.css b/client/coral-admin/src/components/UserDetail.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/UserDetail.js b/client/coral-admin/src/components/UserDetail.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa6997dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/components/UserDetail.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import React, {PropTypes} from 'react';
+import {Button, Drawer} from 'coral-ui';
+import styles from './UserDetail.js';
+
+const UserDetail = ({user}) => {
+  const localProfile = user.profiles.find(p => p.provider === 'local');
+  const facebookProfile = user.profiles.find(p => p.provider === 'facebook');
+  let profile;
+  if (localProfile) {
+    profile = profile.id;
+  } else if (facebookProfile) {
+    profile = <a href={`https://facebook.com/${facebookProfile.id}`}>{facebookProfile.id}</a>;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Drawer>
+      <h3>{user.username}</h3>
+      <p>{profile}</p> <Button>Copy</Button>
+      <strong>Member since</strong> {user.created_at}
+      <hr/>
+      <strong>Account summary</strong>
+      <br/><span className={styles.small}>Data represents the last six months of activity</span>
+      <div className={styles.stats}>
+      </div>
+    </Drawer>
+  );
+};
+
+UserDetail.propTypes = {
+  user: PropTypes.shape({
+    username: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+    profiles: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.shape({
+      id: PropTypes.string,
+      provider: PropTypes.string
+    }))
+  })
+};
+
+export default UserDetail;
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/ModerationContainer.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/ModerationContainer.js
index eb59f369e..fac092a77 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/ModerationContainer.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/ModerationContainer.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import key from 'keymaster';
 import isEqual from 'lodash/isEqual';
 import styles from './components/styles.css';
 
-import {modQueueQuery} from '../../graphql/queries';
+import {modQueueQuery, getUserDetail} from '../../graphql/queries';
 import {banUser, setCommentStatus} from '../../graphql/mutations';
 
 import {fetchSettings} from 'actions/settings';
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import ModerationMenu from './components/ModerationMenu';
 import ModerationHeader from './components/ModerationHeader';
 import NotFoundAsset from './components/NotFoundAsset';
 import ModerationKeysModal from '../../components/ModerationKeysModal';
+import UserDetail from '../../components/UserDetail';
 
 class ModerationContainer extends Component {
   state = {
@@ -76,6 +77,15 @@ class ModerationContainer extends Component {
     }
   }
 
+  viewUserDetail = (id) => {
+    console.log('getting user detail', id, typeof getUserDetail);
+    try {
+      getUserDetail({id});
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.log(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   selectSort = (sort) => {
     this.setState({sort});
     this.props.modQueueResort(sort);
@@ -180,6 +190,7 @@ class ModerationContainer extends Component {
           assetId={providedAssetId}
           sort={this.state.sort}
           commentCount={activeTabCount}
+          viewUserDetail={this.viewUserDetail}
         />
         <BanUserDialog
           open={moderation.banDialog}
@@ -190,11 +201,12 @@ class ModerationContainer extends Component {
           showRejectedNote={moderation.showRejectedNote}
           rejectComment={props.rejectComment}
         />
-      <ModerationKeysModal
+        <ModerationKeysModal
           hideShortcutsNote={props.hideShortcutsNote}
           shortcutsNoteVisible={moderation.shortcutsNoteVisible}
           open={moderation.modalOpen}
           onClose={onClose}/>
+        {data.user && <UserDetail user={data.user} />}
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/ModerationQueue.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/ModerationQueue.js
index f986b947b..093c2f5dd 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/ModerationQueue.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/ModerationQueue.js
@@ -9,7 +9,16 @@ import translations from 'coral-admin/src/translations';
 import LoadMore from './components/LoadMore';
 
 const lang = new I18n(translations);
-const ModerationQueue = ({comments, selectedIndex, commentCount, singleView, loadMore, activeTab, sort, ...props}) => {
+const ModerationQueue = ({
+  comments,
+  selectedIndex,
+  commentCount,
+  singleView,
+  loadMore,
+  activeTab,
+  sort,
+  viewUserDetail,
+  ...props}) => {
   return (
     <div id="moderationList" className={`${styles.list} ${singleView ? styles.singleView : ''}`}>
       <ul style={{paddingLeft: 0}}>
@@ -26,6 +35,7 @@ const ModerationQueue = ({comments, selectedIndex, commentCount, singleView, loa
             bannedWords={props.bannedWords}
             actions={actionsMap[status]}
             showBanUserDialog={props.showBanUserDialog}
+            viewUserDetail={viewUserDetail}
             acceptComment={props.acceptComment}
             rejectComment={props.rejectComment}
             currentAsset={props.currentAsset}
@@ -47,6 +57,7 @@ const ModerationQueue = ({comments, selectedIndex, commentCount, singleView, loa
 };
 
 ModerationQueue.propTypes = {
+  viewUserDetail: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   bannedWords: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.string).isRequired,
   suspectWords: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.string).isRequired,
   currentAsset: PropTypes.object,
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/Comment.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/Comment.js
index 0fdf435bd..b35c688cd 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/Comment.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/Comment.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import I18n from 'coral-framework/modules/i18n/i18n';
 import translations from 'coral-admin/src/translations.json';
 const lang = new I18n(translations);
 
-const Comment = ({actions = [], comment, ...props}) => {
+const Comment = ({actions = [], comment, viewUserDetail, ...props}) => {
   const links = linkify.getMatches(comment.body);
   const linkText = links ? links.map(link => link.raw) : [];
   const flagActionSummaries = getActionSummary('FlagActionSummary', comment);
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ const Comment = ({actions = [], comment, ...props}) => {
       <div className={styles.container}>
         <div className={styles.itemHeader}>
           <div className={styles.author}>
-            <span>
+            <span className={styles.username} onClick={() => {
+              console.log('clickt', comment.user.id);
+              viewUserDetail(comment.user.id);
+            }}>
               {comment.user.name}
             </span>
             <span className={styles.created}>
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ const Comment = ({actions = [], comment, ...props}) => {
 };
 
 Comment.propTypes = {
+  viewUserDetail: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   acceptComment: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   rejectComment: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   suspectWords: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.string).isRequired,
@@ -100,8 +104,9 @@ Comment.propTypes = {
     actions: PropTypes.array,
     created_at: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     user: PropTypes.shape({
+      id: PropTypes.string,
       status: PropTypes.string
-    }),
+    }).isRequired,
     asset: PropTypes.shape({
       title: PropTypes.string,
       id: PropTypes.string
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/styles.css b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/styles.css
index a22fbbc64..baa098d91 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/styles.css
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/styles.css
@@ -423,3 +423,14 @@ span {
   position: relative;
   top: 7px;
 }
+
+.username {
+  color: blue;
+  text-decoration: underline;
+  padding: 5px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+
+  &:hover {
+    background-color: rgba(255, 0, 0, .1);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/index.js b/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/index.js
index 9d2357ce7..aa5ffa505 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/index.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import MOD_QUEUE_QUERY from './modQueueQuery.graphql';
 import MOD_QUEUE_LOAD_MORE from './loadMore.graphql';
 import MOD_USER_FLAGGED_QUERY from './modUserFlaggedQuery.graphql';
 import METRICS from './metricsQuery.graphql';
+import USER_DETAIL from './userDetail.graphql';
 
 export const modQueueQuery = graphql(MOD_QUEUE_QUERY, {
   options: ({params: {id = null}}) => {
@@ -93,3 +94,17 @@ export const modQueueResort = (id, fetchMore) => (sort) => {
     updateQuery: (oldData, {fetchMoreResult:{data}}) => data
   });
 };
+
+export const getUserDetail = ({id}) => {
+  console.log('close', id);
+  return graphql(USER_DETAIL, {
+    options: () => {
+      console.log('so close!', id);
+      return {
+        variables: {
+          id
+        }
+      };
+    }
+  });
+};
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/userDetail.graphql b/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/userDetail.graphql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f489e16d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/graphql/queries/userDetail.graphql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+query UserDetail ($id: ID!) {
+  user(id: $id) {
+    id
+    username
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/coral-ui/components/Drawer.css b/client/coral-ui/components/Drawer.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57a44075e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/coral-ui/components/Drawer.css
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+.wrapper {
+  transition: opacity 250ms;
+  position: fixed;
+  z-index: 10000;
+  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
+  height: 100%;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
+.drawer {
+  transition: transform 500ms ease-in-out;
+}
diff --git a/client/coral-ui/components/Drawer.js b/client/coral-ui/components/Drawer.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d56677d76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/coral-ui/components/Drawer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import React, {PropTypes} from 'react';
+import styles from './Drawer.css';
+
+const Drawer = (props) => {
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.wrapper}>
+      <div className={styles.drawer}>{props.children}</div>
+      <div className={styles.closeButton} onClick={props.close}>×</div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+Drawer.propTypes = {
+  active: PropTypes.bool
+};
+
+export default Drawer;
diff --git a/client/coral-ui/index.js b/client/coral-ui/index.js
index 148da0383..3e9456727 100644
--- a/client/coral-ui/index.js
+++ b/client/coral-ui/index.js
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ export {default as Select} from './components/Select';
 export {default as Option} from './components/Option';
 export {default as SnackBar} from './components/SnackBar';
 export {default as TextArea} from './components/TextArea';
+export {default as Drawer} from './components/Drawer';
diff --git a/graph/resolvers/root_query.js b/graph/resolvers/root_query.js
index 4dcb7ea11..622584310 100644
--- a/graph/resolvers/root_query.js
+++ b/graph/resolvers/root_query.js
@@ -96,6 +96,16 @@ const RootQuery = {
     return await Users.getByQuery({ids: currentUser.ignoresUsers});
   },
 
+  // this returns an arbitrary user
+  user(_, {id}, {user, loaders: {Users}}) {
+    console.log("user id!", id);
+    if (user == null || !user.hasRoles('ADMIN')) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    return Users.getByID.load(id);
+  },
+
   // This endpoint is used for loading the user moderation queues (users whose username has been flagged),
   // so hide it in the event that we aren't an admin.
   users(_, {query: {action_type, limit, cursor, sort}}, {user, loaders: {Users, Actions}}) {
diff --git a/graph/typeDefs.graphql b/graph/typeDefs.graphql
index 81105ff58..4fa7a1531 100644
--- a/graph/typeDefs.graphql
+++ b/graph/typeDefs.graphql
@@ -585,6 +585,9 @@ type RootQuery {
   # Users returned based on a query.
   users(query: UsersQuery): [User]
 
+  # a single User by id
+  user(id: ID!): User
+
   # Asset metrics related to user actions are saturated into the assets
   # returned. Parameters `from` and `to` are related to the action created_at field.
   assetMetrics(from: Date!, to: Date!, sort: ASSET_METRICS_SORT!, limit: Int = 10): [Asset!]