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Janneken Smucker is an Assistant Professor of History at West Chester University where she specializes in digital and public history and material culture. She is also president of the board of the Quilt Alliance, a national non-profit dedicated to documenting, preserving, and sharing the stories of quilts and quiltmakers. Smucker will be leading the workshop Creating […]

Follow our weekly series, Throwback Thursday, designed to help celebrate 50 years of OHA. We’ll profile a year in the life of the organization each week with photos, logos, and highlights taken from the Oral History Association Newsletter. We welcome your memories, photos, and comments at oha@gsu.edu. OHA in 1987… New logo adopted in 1987… President: Donald A. Ritchie,

Follow our weekly series, Throwback Thursday, designed to help celebrate 50 years of OHA. We’ll profile a year in the life of the organization each week with photos, logos, and highlights taken from the Oral History Association Newsletter. We welcome your memories, photos, and comments at oha@gsu.edu. OHA in 1986… President: Samuel B. Hand, University of Vermont Site

The Oral History Association welcomes Dr. Stephen D. Smith, Executive Director of the USC Shoah Foundation — The Institute for Visual History and Education, as the 2016 keynote speaker at the October annual meeting in Long Beach. Dr. Smith is committed to making the testimony of survivors of the Holocaust and of other crimes against

Linking Research and Teaching: International OH in the US Classroom Dr. Amber Abbas Assistant Professor of History St. Joseph’s University July 2016 One of the wonderful things about oral history research is that you can do it anywhere in the world. With a well-conceived project, some portable recording equipment and a lot of patience, your

Oral History Association International Scholarships Sixteen international scholarship applications were received this year and the decisions on which to fund were very challenging for the committee. In the end, five scholarships were awarded: Joana Craveiro, Portugal Marella Hoffman, UK Meera Anna Oommen, India Annie Pohlman, Australia Samantha Prendergast, Australia Congratulations to you all! Your attendance

Teaching History, Empathy, and Understanding through Oral History By Erin Conlin & Christine Baker In many Americans’ minds, the Middle East is inextricably linked to terrorism and upheaval. We often hear horror stories in the news about violence, chaos, and general turmoil. Most of us are far removed from the situation. Hearing only the negative

Follow our weekly series, Throwback Thursday, designed to help celebrate 50 years of OHA. We’ll profile a year in the life of the organization each week with photos, logos, and highlights taken from the Oral History Association Newsletter. We welcome your memories, photos, and comments at oha@gsu.edu. OHA in 1985… President: Martha J. Ross, University of Maryland Site of

It’s time to get excited about seeing new faces and welcoming new colleagues in Long Beach this October! Now in its third year, the OHA Mentorship Program will again offer mentorship pairing, along with other networking and social opportunities, for newcomers to the OHA Annual Meeting. Since 2014 the Mentorship Development Team has been working

Follow our weekly series, Throwback Thursday, designed to help celebrate 50 years of OHA. We’ll profile a year in the life of the organization each week with photos, logos, and highlights taken from the Oral History Association Newsletter. We welcome your memories, photos, and comments at oha@gsu.edu. OHA in 1984… President: Collum Davis, Sangamom State University (now University of

Social media serves as a means of keeping the world connected. Various platforms, including Twitter and Facebook, promote that connection primarily through words, as we learn to make our opinions concise while tweeting or keep in touch with people through Facebook messages. Instagram is a social media platform that focuses on photographs, and those visuals

Follow our weekly series, Throwback Thursday, designed to help celebrate 50 years of OHA. We’ll profile a year in the life of the organization each week with photos, logos, and highlights taken from the Oral History Association Newsletter. We welcome your memories, photos, and comments at oha@gsu.edu. OHA in 1983…   Cal State-Long Beach President Stephen Horn, Sherna