Evelyn Pugh Memorial Graduate Endowed Fellowship History and Art History

Andrew Snowman is a first-generation college student from Orland, Maine. He holds an AA in liberal studies from Eastern Maine Community College and a BA in public history from George Mason University. Andrew is in his second semester of Mason’s MA history program. He works as a part-time archive technician at the Fairfax County Circuit Court Historic Records Center. He is also an active scholar at the Center for Mason Legacies. His current research interests include the relationship between antebellum slave patrols and modern policing. He utilizes public and legal records to better interpret and understand local history. In the future, Andrew hopes to continue bridging the divide between academia and the public.