Participant Info

First Name
Margaret (Meg)
Last Name
Mulrooney
Affiliation
James Madison University
Website URL
mmulrooney.net
Keywords
Public History, collective memory, Southern women's higher education, Wilmington NC, Wilmington 1898 race riot, 19thC US social and cultural, Irish America
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About Me

Professor of History at James Madison University and Associate Vice Provost at James Madison University with administrative responsibility for our general education program. PhD and MA in American Studies from the College of William and Mary, with BA in Historic Preservation from University of Delaware.

Recent Publications

Race, Place, and Memory: Deep Currents in Wilmington, North Carolina. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2018. http://upf.com/book.asp?id=9780813054926 “An immensely welcome longitudinal study of the intersection of race, place, and historical memory in Wilmington, North Carolina. Richly researched, beautifully written, and deeply analytical, Mulrooney’s study is a tour de force.”–John David Smith, editor of Interpreting American History: Reconstruction

Media Coverage
Country Focus
United States
Expertise by Geography
Expertise by Chronology
19th century, 20th century
Expertise by Topic
Higher Ed, Public History, Race