Public History

Public History is the work that historians do to bring history to a wider audience. This can take place in many different settings but includes historic sites, museums, archives, libraries, and monuments. The history department is pleased to offer a new summer program in Public History in Washington D.C. which began in 2016. For information contact Akela Reason.

 

Personnel

James F. Brooks

Carl and Sally Gable Distinguished Professor of History

Brooks is the recipient of numerous national awards for scholarly excellence. His 2002 "Triple-Crown" winning (Bancroft, Parkman, and Turner Prizes) Captives & Cousins: Slavery, Kinship and Community in the Southwest Borderlands focused on the traffic in women and children across the region as expressions of intercultural violence and…

Scott Nesbit

Associate Professor of Digital Humanities

Akela Reason

Associate Professor

Graduate Students


Jared Asser

Graduate Student


Tracy L. Barnett

Ph.D. Candidate


Maya Brooks

PhD Candidate


Beatrice Burton

Graduate Student


Matthew Gordon

Doctoral Candidate


Lyn Hemmingway

Graduate Student


Theodora Light

Graduate Student


Shayla Manwill

Graduate Student


Margaret Neel

Ph.D. Candidate


Ariana Persico

Graduate Student


W. Cole Wicker

Graduate Student

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