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Public History Faculty
Anna Kaplan Professorial Lecturer CAS | History
Anna Kaplan researches and teaches 20th Century US history and public history. Her focus is memory and the creation and uses of public narratives about race, particularly African American, white, and …
Dan Kerr Associate Professor CAS | History
Daniel Kerr is the director of American University's Humanities Truck program and the associate director of its public history program. He is the president-elect of the Oral History Association. Kerr …
Malgorzata J. Rymsza-Pawlowska Associate Professor CAS | History
I am an interdisciplinary cultural historian of the 19th and 20th century U.S. My research interests include public history, museum studies, historiography, visual and material culture, communications…
Affiliate Faculty
Matthew Costello Adjunct Professorial Lecturer CAS | History
Matthew is the Assistant Director of the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History for the White House Historical Association in Washington, D.C. He earned his PhD and MA from Marque…
Trevor Owens Public Historian-in-Residence CAS | History
Trevor Owens works on digital strategy for cultural heritage organizations. He is currently the Head of Digital Content Management at the Library of Congress. Previously, he lead a 30 million dollar i…