Graduate student Grace Maria Eberhardt didn’t think she would become a historian when she began as an undergraduate student at the University of Puget Sound. She initially wanted to study STEM, but after taking an African American studies class, she became more interested in ethnic studies and the societal aspects of science. The impetus for her interest in history was when a friend told her that...
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history doctoral student Dale Mize is using storytelling to help raise awareness about food sourcing through summer research interviews on three area farms that use sustainable practices and regenerative land use systems. He is one of five students participating in the 2024 Humanities Without Walls Summer Bridge experience through the U. of. I. ...
When Andrew Thomas, a former professional blues drummer, decided to study history, it was during the pivotal summer of 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic had shut down music venues across the world and put his 20-year career as a blues musician on pause. Thomas had traveled the world and played with some of the biggest names in blues and roots music. He was a 2019 Blues Music Award Winner and wrote the...
In the summer of 2024, graduate student Cade Meinel traveled to the Sanisera Archaeological Institute on the island of Menorca, where he helped excavate a Roman basilica. He was the recipient of the 2024 J. David Hoeveler Summer Research Scholarship.
In the summer of 2024, graduate student Grace Maria Eberhardt traveled to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Long Island and the American Philosophical Society archive in Pennsylvania. She was one of the recipients of the 2024 William and Virginia Waterman Scholarship.