Marjorie L. McLellan
(Public History, Material Culture, Oral History, Folklife, American Social History)
Associate Professor, Department of History

Co-Director, Dayton and Miami Valley Teaching American History Projects
Wright State University
365 Millett Hall
Dayton, OH 45435
(937) 775-2162
marjorie.mclellan@wright.edu
http://www.wright.edu/~marjorie.mclellan/

Nancy Garner
(Public History, United States Women's History, United States Western History)
Associate Professor, Department of History

Wright State University
345 Millett Hall

Dayton, OH 45435
(937) 775-2810
nancy.garner@wright.edu

Edward Haas

(Twentieth Century U.S., Southern History)

Professor, Department of History

Wright State University

370 Millet Hall

Dayton, OH 45435
(937) 775-3342

edward.haas@wright.edu

Adjunct Faculty in Public History

Vishwam Annam
Web Developer, Library Computing Services
120 Paul Laurence Dunbar Library
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.
Dayton, Oh 45435
(937) 775-3262

vishwam.annam@wright.edu

John Armstrong

Archivist, Special Collections and Archives
Paul Laurence Dunbar Library

Wright State University
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.
Dayton, OH 45435
(937) 775-3991

john.armstrong@wright.edu

Dawne Dewey

Director of Public History
Head, Special Collections and Archives
Paul Laurence Dunbar Library
Wright State University
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.
Dayton, OH 45435-0001
(937) 775-2011
dawne.dewey@wright.edu
http://www.libraries.wright.edu/staff/dunbar/arch/schome.htm

Edna Diggs

Curator, National Afro American Museum and Cultural Center

Ohio Historical Society

1350 Brush Row Road

Wilberforce, Ohio 45384

(937) 376-4944

ediggs@ohiohistory.org

http://www.ohiohistory.org/places/afroam/

Profile: Edna Diggs is a Curator at the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center of the Ohio Historical Society located in Wilberforce, OH. She has been a curator with the Ohio Historical Society since October 1984.  The Museum opened in 1988 and she has played a major role in every exhibition that has been developed or brought into the Museum.  Ms. Diggs teaches HST 713 - Historical Interpretation and Exhibits which examines interpretation theory and practice. 

Glenn Harper
(Historic Preservation, Architectural History)
Preservation Services Manager
Ohio Historic Preservation Office
567 East Hudson Street
Columbus, OH 43211-1030
(614) 298-2000/Fax 298-2037
gharper@ohiohistory.org

Toni Vanden Bos

Archivist, Special Collections and Archives
Paul Laurence Dunbar Library
Wright State University
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.
Dayton, OH 45435-0001
(937)775-3581

toni.vandenbos@wright.edu

Lynn Simonelli

Vice President, Collections and Research

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

2600 DeWeese Parkway

Dayton, OH 45414

(937) 275-7431

lynn.simonelli@wright.edu

http://www.boonshoftmuseum.org/

Profile: Lynn earned a BA in Anthropology at Wright State University in 1991, and began working at the Dayton Society of Natural History (DSNH) as the Assistant Curator of Anthropology in 1992.  She completed her MA in History with a Public History focus in 2002, also through Wright State University.  Her current position at the DSNH is the Vice President of Collections & Research, including Anthropology, Astronomy, Biology, Geology, Live Animals, and SunWatch Indian Village/Archaeological Park.  Lynn is interested in the natural history of southwestern Ohio, with a special emphasis on archaeology and anthropology.  As senior staff and as part of the teaching staff at the Society, she is also interested in museum education (sometimes labeled "informal education"), visitor experience, and mission-driven programming.  Lynn teaches HST 713 (Museum Interpretation & Exhibits) for the History Department, and also ATH 242 (Intro to Archaeology) for the Sociology/Anthropology Department.  She's been adjunct faculty at WSU since 2004. Lynn enjoys teaching at the college level as she enjoy teaching informally at both the Society's museums. 

Robert Smith

(Records/Information Management)
Robert H. Smith Consulting

2345 Barnett Dr.

Bellbrook, OH 45305

(937) 848-3598

smithrh44@hotmail.com

Lynda Kachurek

Archivist, Special Collections and Archives

Paul Laurence Dunbar Library

Wright State University

3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.

Dayton, OH 45435

(937)775-3625

lynda.kachurek@wright.edu

Chris Wydman

University Records Manager, Special Collections and Archives

Paul Laurence Dunbar Library

Wright State University

3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.

Dayton, OH 45435

(937)775-2017

chris.wydman@wright.eduda.kachurek@

Profile: Instructor for HST 740 - Information Management (spring term).  Chris received his BA in History in 1995 and MA in History (Public History) in 1997, both from Wright State.  From 1997-2004, Chris worked as the Records Center and Archives Coordinator at Greene County Records Center and Archives in Xenia, Ohio.  He was hired as the University Records Manager/Archivist by WSU Special Collections, where he was worked since 2005.  His specialties include: records management, disaster recovery, university history, local and regional history, local government records, and genealogy.

Virginia Weygandt

Senior Curator, Clark County Heritage Center

117 South Fountain St

Springfield, OH 45502

(937) 324-0657, extension 224

vweygandt@heritagecenter.us

 

Department Staff

Pam Scheidt, Department Support Supervisor

pamela.scheidt@wright.edu

(937)775-3111

Melissa Dalton, Public History Graduate Assistant

dalton.37@wright.edu