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Rachel Gross

Writing the personal statement

16 August 2022 – Peter Kopp, Rachel Gross and Lee Bishop

graduate school, applications, graduate programs, graduate students, writing

The National Council on Public History has a wonderful guide for students applying to graduate school, but it offers limited advice on how to write your personal statement. Prospective public history graduate students could benefit from insights about what graduate faculty are looking for in these short essays. Read More

Public history students and city history tours: A collaboration

20 June 2019 – Rachel Gross

teaching, projects, interpretation, collaboration, tours, urban history

Every week throughout the summer, small groups of residents of Missoula, Montana, meet at Caras Park near downtown for history tours called “Unseen Missoula.” One important contributor to the development of the tour program has been the public history students of the University of Montana. Read More

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Black History Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Placement at York University
05 March 2024 – Leena Hussein and Alanna Brown
digital history, race, Canada, Black history
Editor’s Note: This is piece is written from two perspectives to reflect on a collaborative public history placement at York University in Toronto, Canada. The authors, Alanna Brown and Leena Hussein, are profiled at the end of the piece. Introduction: Credible sources are essential to improving both the reliability and credibility of Wikipedia as an academic resource. Read More

Rachel Gross

Writing the personal statement

Public history students and city history tours: A collaboration

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