PhD Student Bios

Hannah LeComte

Hannah LeComte

Hannah LeComte

U.S. History: Women and Gender, Girlhood, Public History, Oral History

Hannah LeComte is a PhD student and Research Assistant at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. 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 experience includes working for the National Endowment for the Humanities as a Pathways Intern, serving as 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.

 

Selected Publications

LeComte, Hannah. "Green Teens and Magazines: Environmentalism, Consumerism and Girl Power in Girls' Magazines." Media Report to Women 52, no. 2 (Spring 2024): 6-13.

Education

Master of Arts in Public History, Duquesne University

Bachelor of Arts in History, University of Oklahoma

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ballet Performance, University of Oklahoma

Recent Presentations

American Educators and Journalism Mass Communication Association (AEJMC)

  • “Radical or Assimilatory? The Fight for Family Life Education by Virginia’s Gay Press, 1977-1998,” August 2024, Philadelphia, PA. Awarded top student paper.  

National Council on Public History Annual Meeting (NCPH)

  • "Out Out and About in Old Town Uncovering LGBTQ+ History in Alexandria, VA," April 2024, Salt Lake City, UT.

National Council on Public History Annual Meeting (NCPH)

  •  "From Anita Hill to Christine Blasey Ford: The Mobilization of Public Memory in Campus Newspapers," April 2023, Atlanta, GA. 

Pennsylvania Historical Association Annual Meeting (PHA)

  • "Unique Eats and Unique Histories: An Oral History of EatUnique Café," October 2022.