Stories From 2023
Public History PhD Candidate, Mandy Paige-Lovingood, Awarded Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant
The Graduate School awards a total of eight Doctoral Dissertation Grants to the whole University in the spring 2024 semester. This year, two of our PhD candidates received the awards. This article highlights awardee, Mandy Paige-Lovingood's research, prior awards and future plans.
Public History PhD Candidate, Shima Hosseininasab, Awarded Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant
The Graduate School awards a total of eight Doctoral Dissertation Grants to the whole University in the spring 2024 semester. This year, two of our Public History PhD candidates received the awards. This article highlights awardee, Shima Hosseininasab's, research, prior awards and future plans.
Meet the Faculty: An Interview with 2023-24 NEH Fellowship Winner, Professor David Ambaras
In our new faculty interview series, Dr. David Ambaras talks about his 2023-24 NEH fellowship and his digital book" Maritime Connections and Japanese World-Making in the 1950s-60s."
History MA student, Luke Gaines, awarded Martha Ellen Ward Scholarship
History MA student, Luke Gaines, was awarded a scholarship and gave a talk in November.
Meet our Alumni: Sarah Soleim ’21
Meet Sarah Soleim '21, a graduate of our Public History PhD program, and Manager of Community and Academic Learning at Wake Forest Historical Museum.
Meet our Alumni: Kathleen Gleditsch,’14
Public History MA alum, Kathleen Gleditsch, '14, talks about her job as Head of Volunteer and Intern Services at The North Carolina Museum of History.
Meet the Faculty: An Interview with Dr. Ajamu Dillahunt-Holloway
The Department of History is excited to announce its new Meet the Faculty series. We conducted our first interview with recently hired Assistant Professor, Dr. Ajamu Dillahunt-Holloway.
My Summer Internship at Reynolda House Museum of American Art
This post was written by Evan Stevens, a third-year undergraduate student who is double majoring in History & Political Science with a minor in International Studies. Last Summer he completed an internship at Reynolda House Museum of American Art for […]
History MA alumnus, Eric Medlin,’17, Publishes Book on North Carolina’s Furniture Industry
We are proud to announce that History MA alumnus, Eric Medlin, ’17, recently published a book with the University of Georgia Press. Sawdust In Your Pockets: A History of the North Carolina Furniture Industry is the first ever survey of […]
Public History in Prague – A Tale of Two Students
This past summer, both undergraduate and graduate students traveled for two weeks with Public History faculty members Drs. Alicia McGill and Verena Kasper-Marienberg to Prague, Czech Republic as part of a program administered through the NC State Study Abroad Office, in […]