Perspectives Summer Columns
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Looking Out for Each Other
Leah Valtin-Erwin | Sep 2, 2020
COVID-19 is just the most recent crisis to throw the grocery store employee onto the frontlines of rapid and disorienting change. -
Counting on the Census
Rachel Basinger | Jul 28, 2020
Summer columnist Rachel Basinger describes how short census questionnaires stunt historical research. -
Meet the 2020 Perspectives Daily Summer Columnists
Laura Ansley | Jun 17, 2020
Introducing the three graduate students who will write about the US Census, digital history and pedagogy, and the history of grocery shopping this summer. -
Want to Write for the AHA?
AHA Staff | Mar 27, 2020
A key skill for historians, whether they work in academia, public history, government, publishing, o... -
Beyond Content
Samantha Stearns | Jan 17, 2020
An eighth grade social studies teacher reflects on how pursuing a master's degree in history has reinvigorated her work in the classroom. -
Redistributing the Work of Public History
Acadia Roher | Dec 23, 2019
The Arkansas People's History Project is developing new models for engaging with and involving the community in public history. -
Water Shortages Have a History
James Parker | Sep 26, 2019
Irrigating the arid countryside sounded good to British authorities in Kenya. What went wrong? -
Making a People’s History
Acadia Roher | Sep 16, 2019
Documenting grassroots organizing in the South, a graduate student helps bridge generational divides. -
“What Changed” in Social Studies Education
Samantha Stearns | Jul 30, 2019
Experienced college professors often say that undergraduates' skills and knowledge base have declined over the years. Is that true? -
Meet the 2019 Perspectives Daily Summer Columnists
Allison Miller | May 29, 2019
Follow along as three graduate students write about their scholarship, activism, and much more!
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