Degrees noted are those held when completing the fellowship. Later degrees are not listed.
Jane Davis
Historic Preservation Fellow
Fall 2010-Fall 2011
Jane Davis (BS in anthropology, MTSU; MLS, University of Tennessee; ABD Ph.D. in public history, MTSU) is completing her Ph.D. in public history from MTSU. As a CHP Fellow, Davis is working with the Ulysess S. Grant National Historic Site to design a travelling exhibit to interpret Grant's participation in contraband camps in Tennessee and the development of African American communities following Emancipation.
Spurgeon King
Historic Preservation Fellow
Fall 2010-Spring 2011
King (B.S. in history and international affairs, Florida State University; M.A. in history/historic preservation and Ph.D. in public history, MTSU) is assisting the Longstreet Headquarters in Hamblen County with interpretive planning.
Brian Dempsey
Historic Preservation Fellow
Summer 2010-Summer 2011
Dempsey (B.A. and M.A. in history, James Madison University; Ph.D. in public history, MTSU) is revising his dissertation, a study of blues heritage tourism in the Mississippi Delta, for publication.
Lauren Nickas Beaupre
Historic Preservation Fellow
Summer 2010-Summer 2011
Beaupre (B.A. and M.A. in history, MTSU; ABD Ph.D. in history, University of Notre Dame) is researching her dissertation, "'A City of a Thousand Churches;' Religion and Urban Development in Memphis, 1893-2000," for her Ph.D. in history from the University of Notre Dame.
Kristen Luetkemeier
Historic Preservation Fellow
Fall 2006
Luetkemeier (B.A. in history, James Madison University; M.A. in public history, MTSU) collaborated on the Gatlinburg National Register Multiple Property Nomination (MPN) and a study of the city's historic resources.
Steve Hoskins
Huhta Fellow
Spring 2006
Hoskins (B.A. in religious studies, Trevecca Nazarene University; M.A. in historical theology, St. Louis University; and M.Div., Nazarene Theological Seminary) received the first James K. Huhta Fellowship while completing the Ph.D. in Public History program. During his fellowship, Hoskins served as the project manager for the Center team developing an interpretive plan for Clinton, Tennessee’s Civil Rights story.
Rachel Martin
Historic Preservation Fellow
Fall 2005-Summer 2006
Martin (B.A. in English and biblical literature, University; M.A. in history, MTSU) served as the editorial assistant to the Tennessee Historical Quarterly, the journal of the Tennessee Historical Society. She also assisted on a museum interpretation plan for the Green McAdoo School in Clinton.
Evan Hatch
Historic Preservation Fellow
Fall 2005
Hatch (B.A. in American studies, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; M.A. in southern studies, University of Mississippi) developed a collections management policy for the Arts Center of Cannon County, a regional arts center located in Woodbury where he serves as the center's folklorist.
Elizabeth Moore
Historic Preservation Fellow
Summer 2005-Spring 2006
Moore (B.A. in art history, Vanderbilt University; M.Arch., University of Virginia.) researched and wrote National Register of Historic Places Nominations for Bodenham School and Bridgeforth School and created a heritage development plan for Lynnville, all in Giles County. She also completed a Fentress County survey and a National Register nomination for the Fisher Farm in Williamson County.
Susan W. Knowles
Historic Preservation Fellow
Spring 2004
Knowles (B.A. in French and art history, Vanderbilt University; M.L.S. George Peabody College; and M.A. in art history, Vanderbilt University) researched Tennessee connections to the U.S. Capitol art collections, building on a 2003-2004 U.S. Capitol Historical Society Fellowship. In particular, she looked at connections between the Tennessee State Capitol and its architect William Strickland and the U.S. Capitol extension, overseen by one of Strickland's apprentices, architect Thomas U. Walter.
Carolyn "Carrie" Barske
Historic Preservation Fellow
Summer 2004
Barske (B.A. in history, Sewanee University; M.A. in history, Northeastern University) researched and wrote a National Register of Historic Places nomination for Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski, Tennessee, and developed a historical and architectural walking tour for the City of Pulaski that includes the cemetery, downtown Pulaski, and its greenway system.
Stacey Graham
Historic Preservation Fellow
Summer 2003
Graham (B.A. in history, University of Michigan; M.A. in history, University of California, Los Angeles) researched Fort Blount and Nashville Christian Institute and wrote a brief history of Rutherford County for Murfreesboro Magazine.
Jim Williams
Historic Preservation Fellow
Summer 2003
Williams (B.A. in history, College of William and Mary; M.S. in history, Oxford University) prepared a legislative history of the 1960 Tennessee Civil War Centennial Commission and developed a survey of the economic impact of Heritage Area properties.
