History graduate student Dale Mize was awarded the Louise Pubols Public History Prize from the Western History Association (WHA). The prize honors Louise Pubols' award-winning publications, exhibitions, and service to the WHA and provides funds for a public historian to attend the annual conference.
Mize's research explores the intersections of agriculture, public health, gender, and consumer culture in the twentieth-century United States. He's currently working on his dissertation which examines how public health concerns shaped the beef industry in the United States after World War II.
He's worked on a variety of public history projects including exhibits at Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, the East School Museum, Krannert Art Museum, and Michigan State University. He also helped create the community history project the Art of Ranching and has worked with The Land Connection, a local agricultural non-profit, to use storytelling to help raise awareness about food sourcing.
As a first generation college student, Mize is committed to making history accessible to a broader audience.