Biography
I am currently the Director of Exhibitions at the MSU Museum, but was able to return to my PhD path in 2019, after focusing on my museum career and raising a family. Since completing my comprehensive exams, I have been working on my dissertation, tentatively titled Hillbilly Reds: Anti-Radical Rhetoric and Appalachian Reformers, 1964–1971. My research examines the War on Poverty in Appalachia through four case studies that highlight tensions between local political and economic power and po
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