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.
Marisa Budlong
M.A. Student, Department of History
mbudlong@umass.edu
Bio
Ross Caputi
Ph.D. Student, Department of History
rcaputi@umass.edu
Bio
Maya Cunningham
Ph.D. candidate, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
mccunningham@umass.edu
Bio
Katlyn Durand
M.A. Student, Department of History
kdurand@umass.edu
Bio
Reid Ellefson-Frank
M.A. Student, Department of Anthropology
rellefsonfra@umass.edu
Bio
Yuri Gama
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
ygama@history.umass.edu
Bio
Maya Gonzalez
M.A. Student, Department of History
mcgonzalez@umass.edu
Bio
Stacie Klinowski
Ph.D. Candidate, English Department
sklinowski@umass.edu
Bio
Hannah Ku
M.A. Student, Department of History
hku@umass.edu
Bio
Melanie Meadors
M.A. Student, Department of History
mmeadors@umass.edu
Bio
Elizabeth Pangburn
Ph.D. Student, Department of History
tpearson@umass.edu
Bio
Tanya Pearson
Ph.D. Student, Department of History
tpearson@umass.edu
Bio
Camesha Scruggs
Ph.D. Student, Department of History
cscruggs@history.umass.edu
Bio
Jaehee Seol
Ph.D. Student, Department of History
jseol@umass.edu
Bio
Yelana Sims
Ph.D. Candidate, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
ysims@umass.edu
Bio
Abby Thomsen
M.A. Student, Department of Anthropology
athomsen@umass.edu
Bio
Emily Whitted
Ph.D. Student, Department of History
ewhitted@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
Andrew Grim
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
agrim@history.umass.edu
Bio
Cheryl Harned
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
charned@history.umass.edu
Bio
Alison Russell
Ph.D. Student, 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
