The National Park Service’s Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellows have recently earned humanities PhDs from universities across the United States. They are stationed in parks and programs across the National Park Service to develop new research on the multiple and complex stories that make up our nation’s history.
Learn more about our Fellows below.
Meet Our Fellows
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2024-2026Dr. Erin Aoyama
High Plains Drifter: Inclusive Public Memory on the High Plains
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2024-2026Dr. Shanleigh Corrallo
Revolutionizing the Narratives at Schuyler’s Estate, Saratoga
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2024-2026Dr. Melissa M. Benbow Flowers
The Lives of Domestic Workers at Glenmont, Thomas and Mina Edison’s Home
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2024-2026Dr. Sophia Ford
West of the American Revolution: Placemaking, Belonging, and Identity in the Intermountain Region
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2024-2026Dr. Tayzhaun Glover
Black Red Coats on the Chesapeake Bay: Freedom Seeking Soldiers from Tangier to Trinidad
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2024-2026Dr. Meagan Harden
Tribal Maritime Heritage and Cultural Tourism in Washington State
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2024-2026Dr. Stephen Hausmann
Exploring Impacts of Destination Tourism on Indigenous Artistic Expression
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2024-2026Dr. Caitlyn Jones
Including All Women in the Sequel: The History and Legacy of the National Woman’s Party
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2024-2026Dr. Andrew Klein
African Americans in Pacific Maritime History
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2024-2026Dr. Varpu Lotvonen
Dena’ina Traditional Foodways and their Legacies in Qizhjeh Vena (Lake Clark), Alaska
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2024-2026Dr. Matthew L. O'Malley
The Fallout of Fallout: Cold War Casualties in the Rural West
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2024-2026Dr. Ben Pokross
Examining the Intersections of Indigenous Collections, Context, and Contemporary Art
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2024-2026Dr. Frank Schmitz
Ripple Effect: The American River Experience
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2024-2026Dr. Francena F.L. Turner
Black Land Use and Migration in the Lowcountry, 1865-1965
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2024-2026Dr. Joshua Wachuta
Negotiating the Law of the Land: US-Indigenous Treaty-Making at Prairie Du Chien, 1825-1830
Last updated: September 5, 2024