Resume

• 2011

  Rebecca

  Shrum

  Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis

  Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis

• 1999

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  American History

  Museums and Material Culture

  University of South Carolina-Columbia

• Elizabeth Nix

  Cherstin Lyon

  Introduction to Public History: Interpreting the Past

  Engaging Audiences is a brief foundational textbook for public history. It is organized around the questions and ethical dilemmas that drive public history in a variety of settings

  from local community-based projects to international case studies. This book is designed for use in undergraduate and graduate classrooms with future public historians

  teachers

  and consumers of history in mind.\n\nThe authors are practicing public historians who teach history and public history to a mix of undergraduate and graduate students at universities across the United States and in international contexts. This book is based on original research and the authors’ first-hand experiences

  offering a fresh perspective on the dynamic field of public history based on a decade of consultation with public history educators about what they needed in an introductory textbook. Each chapter introduces a concept or common practice to students

  highlighting key terms for student review and for instructor assessment of student learning. The body of each chapter introduces theories

  and basic conceptual building blocks intermixed with case studies to illustrate these points. Footnotes credit sources but also serve as breadcrumbs for instructors who might like to assign more in-depth reading for more advanced students or for the purposes of lecture development. Each chapter ends with suggestions for activities that the authors have tried with their own students and suggested readings

  books

  and websites that can deepen student exposure to the topic.

  Introduction to Public History: Interpreting the Past

  Engaging Audiences