Ashley Armstrong (B.A. in anthropology, University of Alabama) is in her second year of the graduate program in public history at MTSU. This semester she is assisting with the Teaching with Primary Sources Across Tennessee program.
Cassandra Bennett (B.A. in history, Stephen F. Austin State University) is in her second year in the graduate program in public history at MTSU. This semester she is working on the Gem Theatre (Carroll Co) heritage development plan, helping develop the on-line Tennesse African-American Resources Guide, and working with the Tennessee Century Farms program.
Ginna Foster Cannon (B.A. in history and literature, Harvard College; MBA in marketing and management, Columbia Business School; MLAS, Vanderbilt University) is in her second year of the Ph.D. in public history program at MTSU. This semester she is working on a study of Overbrook School (Davidson Co), writing entries for the on-line Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, and assisting with the CHP's development initiatives.
Amber Clawson (B.S. in public relations, emphasis nonprofit organizations, Appalachian State University; M.A. in history, College of Charleston) is in her second year of the Ph.D. in public history program at MTSU. This semester she is working on an exhibit and interpretation workshop for Parker's Crossroads (Henderson Co).
Rachael Finch (B.A. in American history and political science, Metropolitan State University, Denver, Colorado) is in the last year of the graduate program in public history at MTSU. This semester her work will include an exhibit at Traveller’s Rest Plantation (Davidson Co) and research for the Tennessee Civil War Trails program and the Carter’s Cotton Gin site (Williamson Co).
Jessica French (B.A. in American studies, Georgetown University, MLIS C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University) is in her second year of the public history Ph.D. program at MTSU. This semester she is working on National Register nominations for Civil Rights sites in Selma, AL, developing an exhibit for Polk-Clark School (Gibson Co), and writing entries for the on-line Tennessee African-American Resources Guide.
Abby Gautreau (B.A. in history, Randolph-Macon Woman's College; M.St. in history, Univer sity of Oxford) is in her residency year of the Ph.D. in public history program. This semester she is researching Civil Rights sites in Selma, AL, for her dissertation, "Affirmation and Advocacy: Heritage Professionals and the Creation of Political Identity in Marginalized Communities."
Sara Beth Gideon (B.A. in history, MTSU) is in her second year of the graduate program in public history at MTSU. This semester she is helping create a new heritage center for Sumner Co. and developing exhibits at Parker's Crossroads (Henderson Co) and General Longstreet Headquarters Museum (Hamblem Co).
Savannah Grandey (B.S. in organizational communication, MTSU) is in her first year in the M.A. in public history program. A native of Middle Tennessee, her interests are in the area’s significance in the antebellum South and Civil War, as well as vernacular architecture in the South. This semester she is providing staffing and support to the Heritage Center, assisting with the "Southern Places" collection digitization project, and developing the Clement Exhibit for the Arts Center of Cannon County.
Allison R. Hoskins (B.S. in Organizational Communication, Trevecca Nazarene University) is in her first year in the M.A. in public history program at MTSU. This semester, she is providing staffing and support to the Heritage Center. A native of Tennessee, her interests are in family learning in museums and women's Civil War history.
Jonathan Lauthern (B.S. in administration, Tennessee Technological University) is in his second year of graduate studies in the computer science program at MTSU. He provides technical support for the staff and students at the Center.
Katherine M. O'Bryan (B.A. in history, MTSU; M.A. in history with a concentration in public history, MTSU) is in her fourth year in the public history Ph.D.program. For her dissertation, she is identifying, surveying, and assessing Progressive Era ladies public rest rooms across the country.
Jessica Reeves (B.S. in mass communication, emphasis in public relations, from MTSU) is in her second year in the M.A. program with a concentration is cultural resources management. This semester she will be working on the Trail of Tears survey and the Lawrenceburg exhibit.
Lydia Simpson (B.A. in history, University of Alabama at Birmingham; M.A. in history with concentration in public history, MTSU) is in her second year of course work in the PhD in public history program at MTSU. Her projects at the Center include structural survey work for the Trail of Tears and for Historic Lebanon, Tennessee. Her research interests include community development and sustainability from the Reconstruction period through the New Deal era in the American South.
Angela Sirna (B.A. and M.A. in history with an emphasis in public history, West Virginia University) is in her second year of the Ph.D. in public history program at MTSU. This year she is working on an interpretive plan for Cragfont (Sumner Co), completing a National Register nomination for the Bank of Red Boiling Springs (Macon Co), and assisting with fieldwork for the Tennessee marble survey..
David Sprouse (B.S. in political science, MTSU) is in his second year in the graduate program in public history at MTSU. This semester at the Center, he is assisting with the Trail of Tears exhibit and a report for Overbrook School (Davidson Co).
Julie Warwick (A.F.A. in interior design, Watkins College of Art and Design; B.F.A. in fine art, Austin Peay State University) is in her second year in the MTSU graduate program in public history. At the Center she is working on heritage development plans for Gem Theatre (Carroll Co) and Cragfont (Sumner Co) and researching Tennessee Century Farms.
Jessi White (B.S. in interior design, MTSU) has completed her second year in the M.A. in Public History program. This semester she is working on exhibits for Parker's Crossroads (Henderson Co) and General Longstreet Headquarters Museum (Hamblen Co) and doing a historic house study for Overbrook School (Davidson Co).
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