Doing Public History in the Face of Community Resistance

Paul Ringel, Associate Professor of History, High Point University

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Oral History
  • Teaching
Abstract

Our project on the history of a Jim Crow-era African-American high school in our home city of High Point, North Carolina has received tremendous support from some parts of the city’s black community. Read More

Visitor-Centered Interpretation: Research, Results, and Practices

Brian Forist, Lecturer in Outdoor Recreation, Parks, and Human Ecology, Indiana University

Proposal Type

Panel

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Teaching
  • Theory
Abstract

Public historians and other scholars are engaged in a variety of research that illuminates the vital role visitors to heritage sites play in constructing their own understandings of the past. Read More

Graphic Novels and History

Andrea Wilson, Graduate Teaching Assistant/Student, Wichita State University

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Inclusion
  • Teaching
Abstract

When most people hear about graphic novels they think of childish comic books that are only meant for light reading. Read More

Social Media as a Research Tool

Barbara Myers, Graduate Student, Wichita State University SPH

Proposal Type

Workshop

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Digital
  • Memory
  • Teaching
Abstract

To sent techniques for using social media as a tool to gather and shape research. Read More

“Other Duties as Assigned” or “They didn’t teach me that in grad school”

Anne Lindsay, Assistant Professor, California State University, Sacramento

Proposal Type

Pecha Kucha

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Teaching
Abstract

This session explores the skills we can’t teach in the classroom and celebrates the realities of work in the field. Read More

Public History for Undergraduates: Local history, preservation, and hands-on learning

Donna Donald, Assistant Professor, Liberty University

Proposal Type
  • Panel
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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Preservation
  • Teaching
Abstract

To share successes and failures in the process of launching our first public history offerings, a few introductory classes for undergraduates. Read More