Statement of Work
NCPH will host a World War II Home Front Working Group during the organization's annual meetings in 2022, 2023, and 2024 resulting in public-facing end products. The goal of this undertaking is to increase the collaboration among the various NPS units associated with the World War II Home Front and expand collaboration among the various NPS units associated with this period.
Project Participants
Year 1 Working Group
Facilitators:
Allena Berry
Suzanne Fischer
Discussants:
Becky Burghart
Kris Kirby
Tom Leatherman
Andrea Miskewicz
Jadelyn J. Moniz Nakamura
Niki Nicholas
Leslie Przybylek
Gretchen Stromberg
Year 2 Working Group
Facilitators:
Allena Berry, Facilitator
Suzanne Fischer, Facilitator
Discussants:
Daniel Blier
Hilary Blum
McKenna Crews
Eric Faeder
Stanley Merritt
Meghan Murphy
Hannah Palsa
Jon Taylor
Megan Woods
Zachary Yurek
Year 3 Working Group
Facilitators:
Suzanne Fischer, Facilitator
Leslie Przybylek, Facilitator
Discussants:
Matt Basso
Daniel Blier
Kelly Fellner
Christine Jacobs
Gerald R. Lefler
Richard McKnight
Jason Ockrassa
Thomas Peterson
Alison Russell
Carroll Van West
Megan Woods
Requests for Letters of Interest
Via our cooperative agreement with the National Park Service (NPS), the National Council on Public History seeks two historians with subject matter expertise on the World War II home front or 20th century U.S. history to facilitate a working group that will convene representatives of NPS sites related to the World War II Home Front for sustained conversation and connect them with home front scholars outside NPS. An iteration of this working group will convene virtually in the fall and meet in-person or virtually concurrently with NCPH’s annual meeting in the spring for the next three years (spring 2022, spring 2023, and spring 2024). While ideally at least one of the two facilitators will see the project through for the full three years to provide continuity (with $27,000 compensation over three years), we anticipate some turnover in working group participation from year to year. For this reason, we ask prospective facilitators to let us know what your ideal commitment would be; you can indicate interest for just this year or for multiple years. Please read the full narrative for a description of the project’s scope of work and timeline, as well as instructions for submitting your letter of interest and more information about the NCPH working group format.
Project Budget: $9,000 per facilitator per year, for up to three years
Deadline for Letter of Interest to NCPH: September 10, 2021
Expected Date to Award Project: September 15, 2021
Projected Start Date: October 1, 2021
Timeline for Completion: June 2022 (for the first year); June 2024 for the full run of three annual working groups