Public History Students
Though most students in the Public History Program are students pursuing an MA or PhD in History, students in any graduate program on campus can pursue the graduate certificate in Public History, making for a rich interdisciplinary environment. The paragraphs below include information on students who are currently working toward the Certificate in Public History as well as PhD Affiliates who have completed their MA but remain part of our Public History community writ large, having chosen to stay at UMass to pursue a PhD.
This page is intended to give a sense of the range and focus of work and career objectives among students in the Public History program. You may write to current students via email or care of the Department of History, Herter Hall, University of Massachusetts,161 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA 01003.
Curious about what kind of careers you can have with training from UMass public history? Check out our public history alumni profiles.
Certificate Students | PhD Affiliates
Certificate Students
The students listed below are MA and PhD students from the Department of History and departments across the UMass campus who are currently pursuing the Graduate Certificate in Public History.
Madison Albano
MA Student, Department of History
mjalbano@umass.edu
Bio
Marisa Budlong
MA Student, Department of History
mbudlong@umass.edu
Bio
Ross Caputi
PhD Candidate, Department of History
rcaputi@umass.edu
Bio
Maya Cunningham
PhD Candidate, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
mccunningham@umass.edu
Bio
Reid Ellefson-Frank
MA Student, Department of Anthropology
rellefsonfra@umass.edu
Bio
Yuri Gama
PhD Candidate, Department of History
ygama@history.umass.edu
Bio
Timothy Hastings
PhD Student, Department of History
tihastings@umass.edu
Bio
Olivia Haynes
PhD Student, W.E.B Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
ohaynes@umass.edu
Bio
Joanna Hejl
PhD Student, Department of History
jhejl@umass.edu
Bio
Clara Higgins
MA Student, Department of History
cahiggins@umass.edu
Stacie Klinowski
Ph.D. Candidate, English Department
sklinowski@umass.edu
Bio
Hannah Ku
MA Student, Department of History
hku@umass.edu
Jamie Mastrogiacomo
MA Student, Department of History
jmastrogiaco@umass.edu
Bio
Laura McCullagh
MA Student, Department of History
lmccullagh@umass.edu
Nicole O'Connell
PhD Student, Department of English
nmoconnell@umass.edu
Bio
Elizabeth Pangburn
PhD Student, Department of History
epangbur@umass.edu
Bio
Piper Prolago
MA Student, Department of History of Art and Architecture
pprolago@umass.edu
Bio
Jessica Scott
PhD Student, Department of History
jessicascott@umass.edu
Jaehee Seol
PhD Student, Department of History
jseol@umass.edu
Bio
Yelana Sims
PhD Candidate, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
ysims@umass.edu
Bio
Marcus Smith
PhD Student, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
mpsmith@umass.edu
Bio
Guanhua Tan
PhD Candidate, Department of History
gtan@umass.edu
Bio
Abby Thomsen
M.A. Student, Department of Anthropology
athomsen@umass.edu
Bio
Emily Whitted
PhD Candidate, Department of History
ewhitted@umass.edu
Bio
Amelia Yeager
MA Student, Department of History
byeager@umass.edu
Bio
PhD Affiliates
On occasion, students who come to UMass to complete an MA in History with the Graduate Certificate in Public History elect to remain at UMass for the PhD. Students also come to UMass for their PhD after having studied public history elsewhere. Some of these students commit one of their three doctoral fields to Public History, and/or pursue dissertations that relate to the history of public history practice; others keep a hand in by participating in projects or contract work, and still others simply remain a resource in public history to their fellow students. Some of these PhD students are completing traditional dissertations while launching careers as public historians. Whatever direction their work takes after completing their certificates, we enjoy ongoing relationships with these students, and consider them part of our larger community of public historians on the UMass campus.
Marwa Amer
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
mamer@history.umass.edu
Bio
Katlyn Durand
PhD Student, Department of History
kdurand@umass.edu
Bio
Andrew Grim
PhD Candidate, Department of History
agrim@history.umass.edu
Bio
Cheryl Harned
PhD Candidate, Department of History
charned@history.umass.edu
Bio
Deborah Kallman
PhD Candidate, Department of History
dkallman@umass.edu
Bio
Tanya Pearson (ABD)
PhD Candidate, Department of History
tpearson@umass.edu
Bio
Alison Russell
PhD Candidate, Department of History
abrussell@umass.edu
Bio
Erika Slocumb
Ph.D. Candidate, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
eslocumb@umass.edu
Bio