Participant Info
- First Name
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Last Name
- Janofsky
- Country
- United States
- State
- NJ New Jersey
- lawrencej@rowan.edu
- Affiliation
- Rowan University
- Website URL
- https://academics.rowan.edu/chss/departments/history/facultystaff/faculty/Jennifer_Janofsky.html
- Keywords
- public history, antebellum America, early American history, colonial America, material culture, museum studies
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Dr. Janofsky teaches classes in public history including topics in public history, material culture, pre-Civil War America, and internship in history. Dr. Janofsky received her B.A. from the University of Scranton, her M.A. from Villanova University and her Ph.D. from Temple University where she studied early American history and public history. Her doctoral worked focused on Eastern State Penitentiary where she worked as site supervisor from 1997-2001. She is the Megan Giordano Fellow in Public History and curator of Red Bank Battlefield Park. Janofsky most recently curated the exhibit “From Yellow Fever to Midwifery: Life and Death at the Whitall House” and served as project director for the American Battlefield Protection Program grant supporting a phase one archeological survey of Red Bank Battlefield.
- Recent Publications
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- @jenjanofsky
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- North America
- Expertise by Chronology
- 18th century, 19th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Material Culture, Museums, Public History, Rebellion & Revolution, Urban History
