Participant Info
- First Name
- Rachel
- Last Name
- Pitkin
- Country
- United States
- State
- NY
- RPitkin@gmail.com
- Affiliation
- The CUNY Graduate Center, The Gotham Center for New York City History, and Humanities New York
- Website URL
- Keywords
- Public History, Gender and Sexuality, Development of Social Welfare
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- MA
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Rachel is a PhD student in History at the CUNY Graduate Center and a Graduate Fellow at the Gotham Center for New York City History where she serves as Managing Editor for Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York City. Rachel is in process of developing Gotham’s workshop series for New York City scholars, set to start over the Fall/Winter of 2024 and 2025.
Before entering the PhD program in History at the CUNY Graduate Center, Rachel was a longtime history and social studies educator. She continues to develop her education and facilitation skills with the American Social History Project (ASHP) as part of the project’s programming. At both Gotham and ASHP, Rachel uses digital tools and platforms to help communicate historical content and distribute pedagogical tools to the wider public.
Rachel’s current research interests focus on public history and the contestation of history in the public sphere, gender and sexuality, and the development of social welfare and the connections settler colonialism in early twentieth century New York State.
- Recent Publications
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 19th century, 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
