Participant Info
- First Name
- Melissa
- Last Name
- Blair
- Country
- United States
- State
- MD Maryland
- mfblair@umbc.edu
- Affiliation
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Website URL
- Keywords
- historic preservation, domestic outbuildings, industrious landscapes, Maryland agriculture
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Melissa Blair studies the history of architecture, landscapes, and material culture. Her research and teaching relate to the cultural and architectural history of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America and to the field of public history. She is co-author with Richard Striner of Washington and Baltimore Art Deco: A Design History of Neighboring Cities (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014). Prior to joining the Department of History at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, she worked for more than 15 years as an architectural historian and historic preservationist for a variety of public, private, and nonprofit organizations. Her current research focuses on the Mid-Atlantic region’s rural buildings and landscapes, the farming patterns that shaped them, and their preservation. She is responsible for the public history minor for UMBC’s B.A. in history at the Universities at Shady Grove.
- Recent Publications
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- North America
- Expertise by Chronology
- 19th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Art & Architectural History, Local & Regional, Material Culture, Public History, Rural & Agrarian History
