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Kristen Luetkemeier As a CHP fellow, Luetkemeier is completing National Register nominations for two significant Gatlinburg sites, the Buckhorn Inn and the Gatlinburg Inn. Luetkemeier holds a B.A. in history from James Madison University and a M.A. in public history from MTSU. While pursuing her master’s degree, Luetkemeier served as a graduate research assistant at the CHP. She has also worked at the Stones River National Battlefield and the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Steve Hoskins As a Ph.D. student in the public history program, Hoskins received the first James K. Huhta Fellowship. During his fellowship, Hoskins served as the point person for the CHP team that developed an interpretive plan to tell the Civil Rights story of Clinton, Tennessee. A native of Sumter, South Carolina, Hoskins received his B.A. in religious studies from Trevecca Nazarene University, a M.A. in historical theology from St. Louis University, and an M.Div. from Nazarene Theological Seminary. A professor of church history at Trevecca Nazarene University, he is interested in the study of material culture and religious history.
Rachel Martin Martin 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. Martin, a native of Murfreesboro, did her undergraduate work in writing and biblical literature at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, and then completed a year's fellowship at the National Center for Leadership in Washington, DC. In 2003 she returned to her hometown to pursue a M.A. in history with an emphasis in family and gender history which she completed in August 2006. In addition to working at the Center, she is the conference coordinator for the 2005 Holocaust Studies Conference and an adjunct professor of history for MTSU and Volunteer State Community College. In fall 2006 she began the Ph.D. in history program at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Evan Hatch Hatch developed a collections management policy for the Arts Center of Cannon County, a regional arts center located in Woodbury. Hatch currently serves as the center's folklorist. A native of North Carolina, Hatch received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and an M.A. in southern studies from the University of Mississippi. His specialties are southern roots music and folk art.
Elizabeth Moore, Moore 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. Moore completed her M.Arch. and Certificate of Historic Preservation at the University of Virginia. Her thesis, entitled Richmond, Virginia's African American High Schools: the Architecture of the Washington-DuBois Debate, 1923-1938, focused on the physical representation of early twentieth-century trends in African-American high school education. She is a native of Clanton, Alabama, and received her B.A. from Vanderbilt University. In 2006, she began work as the fieldwork coordinator for the Center for Historic Preservation. Susan
W. Knowles Knowles 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. Knowles received her B.A. in art history from Vanderbilt University, a M.L.S. degree from Peabody College, and a M.A. in art history from Vanderbilt University. She is a Nashville-based independent art historian and museum curator. She has held held curatorial positions at the Cheekwood Museum of Art, Metro Nashville Arts Commission, Nashville Public Library, Nashville International Airport, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Tennessee State Museum, and Fisk University. Knowles has written essays and catalogue entries on numerous Tennessee art and architecture topics. In fall 2006 she began the Ph.D. in public history program at MTSU.
Carolyn "Carrie" Barske-Saussy Barske 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. A native of Thompson, Connecticut, Barske holds a M.A. in history and public history from Northeastern University and a B.A. in history from Sewanee University. She entered the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in the fall to begin Ph.D. work in history. Her primary research interest is in women and gender in early America.
Stacey Graham Graham researched Fort Blount and Nashville Christian Institute and wrote a brief history of Rutherford County for Murfreesboro Magazine. A native of Murfreesboro, Graham received her B.A. in history from the University of Michigan and went on to receive a M.A. and PhD. in History from the University of California, Los Angeles (2005). She currently resides in Los Angeles.
Jim Williams, Williams prepared a legislative history of the 1960 Tennessee Civil War Centennial Commission and developed a survey of the economic impact of Heritage Area properties. Jim Williams received his B.A. in history from the College of William and Mary and his M.S. in history from Oxford University. He is completing his Ph.D. from Purdue University in medieval history. |
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