Staff

Mar 12, 2024

Message from Public History Director Nishani Frazier

A message from Director of Public History Nishani Frazier.

Mar 12, 2024

Message from Department Head Traci Voyles

A message from department head Traci Voyles.

Mar 7, 2024

Topics in History and Memory: The Pinehurst/Taylortown Project

As part of her Fall 2023 HI 563 course: Topics in History and Memory, Dr. Gwyneth Thayer brought her students to Pinehurst and the African-American community of Taylortown to analyze the ways in which public memory and heritage tourism are represented. 

Feb 28, 2024

Meet Assistant Professor of History Dr. Jordan Rogers

Welcome to new Assistant Professor of History, Dr. Jordan Rogers.

Feb 19, 2024

Exploring the Impact of the Hog Industry in North Carolina through Oral History (Part III of III)

As part of their Spring 2023 HI 533: Theory and Practice of Oral History course, Public History MA students, Fran Fleming and Emma Eubank, took oral histories from Joey and Matthew Carter, members of a prominent family in the Duplin County hog industry, as they explored the impact of the hog industry on North Carolina.

Feb 6, 2024

Professor Craig Friend Discusses Lunsford Lane for Black History Month News Segment

Professor Craig Friend was featured in a 2024 Black History Month news segment where he discussed Lunsford Lane.

Jan 29, 2024

Professor Brinkman published in North Carolina Historical Review

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Paul Brinkman’s article “The North Carolina Rolling Exposition: The Most Interesting Aggregation of Exhibitions Ever Crowded into a Traveling Conveyance” was published in the North Carolina Historical Review (2023, C(4): 402-431). You can learn more about Dr. Brinkman HERE.

Jan 25, 2024

Meet our Alumni: DeAsia Noble, ’23

DeAsia Noble graduated from North Carolina State with her Master’s in Public History in 2023. She is a Park Ranger at the Historic Homes in Washington, D.C., specifically at the African American sites. She works with school groups, various governmental agencies, special events, the Network to Freedom and the Civil Rights Network Trail.  How do…

Jan 17, 2024

NC State History Department adds Legal History Concentration for Undergraduate History Majors

The idea of a legal history concentration has been discussed in the History Department for some time. But after many conversations with students interested in law school, Teaching Assistant Professor and former lawyer, Dr. Steven Lechner, decided that it was time to work with the Chair and faculty to get the ball rolling. Says Lechner,…

Jan 4, 2024

History M.A. student, Rachel Suffern, Awarded Funding to Visit Princeton’s F. Scott Fitzgerald Papers

History M.A. student Rachel Suffern received a travel funding award from the History Department to conduct research in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Papers at Princeton’s Firestone Library. Her research focuses on the historical context surrounding the writing of The Great Gatsby and its later popularization as both an academic subject and pop culture phenomenon. Suffern’s…