Experiential Learning
Public History students gain valuable
professional experience during
internships
and
residencies. Although the internship and
professional residency are required components of our graduate
degree programs,
workshops
,
conferences
, and other forms of experiential learning and networking
will always be a part of the professional development of public
historians.
Workshops
- Public history faculty members regularly
organize
workshops that encourage both students
and faculty to pursue further professional and academic development
in specific areas of study. Often, these workshops are tailored for
specific courses, other times they are organized independently from
individual course work and are intended for a broad audience of
students and professionals. Examples of recent workshops
include:
Oral History: Theory
and Practice
Section 106 Review and
Compliance
Federal Historic
Preservation Tax Incentives
Virtual Museums and
Web-based Historical Interpretation
Public Relations
Grant Writing for
Non-Profits
Conservation of
Photographs
Conferences
- Like most professional fields, public
historians have opportunities to participate in a multitude of
local, regional, and national
conferences that provide forums to
discuss new research and developments within the profession.
Examples of organizations that regularly organize conferences
include:
Tennessee Conference of
Historians
Tennessee Association of
Museums
Society of Tennessee
Archivists
National Council on
Public History
American Association for
State and Local History
National Trust for
Historic Preservation
Society of American
Archivists
American Association of
Museums
Kentucky-Tennessee
American Studies Association
Tennessee Folklore
Society
Career Placement
- The program provides placement assistance for
all graduates. MTSU graduates have been hired by state agencies,
private consulting firms, historical commissions, the National
Trust for Historic Preservation, State Historic Preservation
Offices, exhibit design firms, universities, Main Street programs,
and planning commissions throughout the nation. To assist with
internships, residencies, and career placement, the Public History
Program maintains these professional memberships:
American Association of
Museums
American Association for
State and Local History
National Council on
Preservation Education
National Council on
Public History
National Trust for
Historic Preservation
Society of American
Archivists
Southeastern Museums
Conference
Society of Tennessee
Archivists
Tennessee State Library
and Archives
Tennessee Association of
Museums
Tennessee Preservation
Trust
U.S. Committee,
International Council on Monuments and Sites