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Saint Brigid, 1913. John Duncan.

Graduate Research
Writing Samples

An exploration of the American Museum of Natural History's institutional progress as well as its stagnation.

Cover photo by Kris Graves & Maria Baranova for Undark. 

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A critical analysis of Andrew Jackson's The Hermitage in the context of plantation museums and historical misrepresentations of African Americans. 

Cover photo by Dewey C.E., February 1930. University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

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When, and how, did American society conceptualize 'childhood' as a developmental stage? Essay analysis on our definition of 'child/girlhood' from a public history perspective. 

Photo courtesy of Harvard University Press. 

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