Hannah LeComte is a first year PhD student and Teaching Assistant. Her research includes United States women and gender history, with emphases on childhood, activism, and public history. Before attending George Mason, Hannah earned her MA in Public History from Duquesne University, and she holds a BA in History and a BFA in Ballet Performance from the University of Oklahoma.
Hannah's professional public history experience includes working as a curatorial intern for the Girl Museum, and working as an archival intern for both the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation and the Ballets Russes Archive in Norman, Oklahoma. Hannah also serves as a copy editor for American Journalism: A Journal of Media History.
Alexandra Miller is a doctoral student at George Mason University. She works as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. She previously studied at Truman State University (BA History) and the University of South Carolina (MA Public History). Miller researches green spaces, most recently urban parks and playgrounds in the American Progressive Era. Her primary interest is in using spatial history as an investigation method, and she has applied this methodology to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and gender. Miller has previously worked in museums and archives, including the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, the Missouri Judicial Archives, the Del and Norma Robison Planetarium, and the John Wornall and Alexander Major Historic Homes. She is most proud of organizing a rock concert, publishing her book and podcast, and making good pie.
Savannah Scott is a first year history PhD student at George Mason university. Her research interests include 20th century American history, digital history, and women's history. She is currently a graduate assistant at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media.
Ashleigh Williams is a PhD student at George Mason University, studying 20th century warfare and its effects on societies. Her specific research focus is the experience of women, Black GI's, and Black Europeans in Germany and France during World War II. She is currently a Graduate Teaching Assistant at GMU (Prof. Orens, History of Western Civilization). She previously studied at Texas State University (BA International Relations) and Sam Houston State University (MA History)