Public History M.A.

May 9, 2019

Public History MA Student’s Documentary Accepted at Film Festival

The History Department is pleased to announce that Andre Taylor, a first-year Public History MA student, had his short documentary, “Burning Cradle of Liberty,” accepted at the 2019 Longleaf Film Festival.  On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on the house of the radical group, MOVE, killing 11 people, including children, and leveling…

Sep 1, 2015

Public History Alumna Heads Dallas Heritage Village

Melissa Prycer, who received her master’s in public history in 2003, now heads the Dallas Heritage Village, a one-of-a-kind living history museum in Dallas, Texas. The highly-interactive historic site tells the story of life in north Texas between 1840 and 1910. In an area primed for redevelopment, the Dallas Heritage Village has much to look forward…

Jun 9, 2015

Partnering to Preserve North Carolina’s Civil Rights Past

Putting their historical knowledge into practice, the students connected with local preservation organizations and community leaders to identify events and places central to the Civil Rights Movement in Piedmont, North Carolina.

May 11, 2015

Congratulations History and Public History Grads of 2015

Congratulations to the graduating class of 2015! Below are the newest NC State recipients of Master of Arts degrees in Public History and History. See the full May 2015 Graduation Ceremony View graduation photo album Public History Amanda Benter Mandy interned at the Jewish Museum of Maryland in Baltimore where she worked on an exhibit titled…

May 9, 2015

Samantha Smith Wins Public History Award

Public History faculty selected Samantha Smith for the 2015 Public History Award. Samantha worked at Preservation Durham for her internship. She researched and wrote an exhibit on George Watts Carr, an architect of the mid-twentieth century whose influence may still be seen in buildings across eastern North Carolina, from the Marine Hospital at Camp Lejeune…

Apr 23, 2015

Public History M.A. Student Wins National Award

Samantha Vandermeade, a second-year graduate student in Public History, won the James Madison Award for Excellency in Historical Scholarship for her article entitled, “Fort Lipstick and the Making of June Cleaver in American Advertising, 1941-1961.” Her article will be published in vol. 12 of the Madison Historical Review later this spring. Read Sam’s article in MHR‘s…

Apr 2, 2015

2015 NC State Graduate Student History Conference

Graduate students from across the United States joined NC State University to present research at the 11th Annual Graduate Student History Conference on March 28, 2015. Sponsored by the History Graduate Student Association and the History Department at NC State, this year’s conference featured fourteen panels on diverse fields in history, including the Cold War,…

Mar 26, 2015

History and Public History Graduate Students Win TA Award

Graduate students Sarah Billheimer and Samantha Vandermeade won the 2015 NC State UGSA Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. Sarah (pictured left), is a second-year graduate student in the History M.A. program. Sam is a second-year graduate student in the Public History M.A. program. Faculty in the History Department nominated both students for their excellence in teaching. The Outstanding Teaching Assistant…

Dec 15, 2014

Public History Grad Student Contributes to TV Segment on the Mütter Museum

In July 2014 the Mütter Museum, a distinguished medical history museum in Philadelphia, PA, received an unusual visitor. Mike Rowe and a team from his new TV series Somebody’s Gotta Do It—a CNN original that “[pays] tribute to innovators, do-gooders, entrepreneurs, collectors, fanatics” and people “who simply have to do it”—stopped by to learn a little…

Nov 13, 2014

History of Women’s Basketball at NC State Exhibit Opening

Exhibit Opening On Thursday, December 4th, NC State Athletic Director Deborah Yow addressed a gathering of students, faculty and friends at the NCSU History of Women’s Basketball at exhibit opening. Watch the full exhibit opening, including an interview with the exhibit curator, on Wolfpack Sports Television. The exhibit celebrates the history of NC State women…