History in the Headlines

The Department of History series: History in the Headlines. Come and join us for our second year of History in the Headlines. A historian examines current events using the past to understand them. This year, we start with Dr. José O. Solá, who examines the election of Mexico’s first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, and what that means historically.

What are the Department of History alumni doing with their degrees? Check Erich Schnack, Park Ranger, for the National Parks.

Howdy! I’m Erich Schnack, I’m a Cleveland State University graduate and Yosemite National Park Ranger. I earned my B.A. in History and Social Studies at Cleveland State University’s Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Honor’s College in 2020. In 2022, I earned a History/Museum Studies M.A. and Historic Preservation graduate certificate from Cleveland State University. It was one cold winter night […]

Center for Public History + Digital Humanities showcases their work at the Keystone DH 2024

Three graduate students from the MA in History–Museum Studies participated in the panel. Location-based Storytelling with WordPress: Green Book Cleveland and Queer Cleveland Dr. J. Mark Souther, Erin J. Bell, Riley Habyl, Elena Solá, and Bali White From the Program abstracts Our panel will focus on the development and uses of PlacePress (https://wpplacepress.org), a modern WordPress plugin for location-based digital […]

Our Students this Summer–Kendall Owens

Kendall Owens, MA in History, 2024. Kendall just graduated from our program, and she is working for the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland for the next couple of months on a special project.  She is the digital projects assistant working on a project for SJMAP (Soviet Jewry Movement Archives Project). Specifically, she is helping with digitization efforts for archival […]