Participant Info
- First Name
- Melissa
- Last Name
- Gentry
- Country
- United States
- State
- IN Indiana
- mgentry@bsu.edu
- Affiliation
- Ball State University
- Website URL
- Keywords
- Maps, geography, maps for historical research, Indiana history (political, sports, women, civil rights), Muncie history, American women's history and suffrage, literature, history of art, letters and diaries
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- other credentials
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Melissa Gentry works at the Ball State University Libraries’ GIS Research and Map Collection: Maintains a collection of over 140,000 maps and cartographic resources; provides in-depth cartographic and geographic reference and research service; provides instructional sessions on using maps in research and learning. creates custom maps related to topics in history. She created over 40 custom maps depicting numerous topics in history to commemorate the Bicentennial of Indiana. Gentry also created a set of biographical maps related to women’s history. She has also coordinated special community art exhibits of maps created by Ball State University art students, and she gives community presentations about history using maps.
- Recent Publications
Hoosier Women at Work: Studies in Indiana Women’s History conference, April 2018: A Mother, Two Sisters, and the Other Lucina: A Story of Important Women in the Muncie Arts Community https://www.in.gov/history/files/Gentry%20and%20Beem.pdf
www.bsumaps.blogspot.com
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Art & Architectural History, Gender, Local & Regional, Politics, Public History, Sports, Women
