PhD Student Bios

Digital Pedagogy, Intragender Race Relations between American Black and White women, Spatial History, and American Southern History

Kris Nohe is a Ph.D. student in American History at George Mason University, where she is also a Graduate Research Assistant at the Center for Mason Legacies (CML). She specializes in digital pedagogy, intragender race relations (particularly between Black and White women), spatial history, and Southern history.

Prior to beginning her PhD program, Kris received her MA in American History at George Mason University and was a 2023 finalist for the Andy Smith Prize through CML. Additionally, she has a Certification in Political Leadership through the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia and a BA from Catawba College. She is a regular columnist for InsideNOVA and was named the 2022 Top Columnist for a Weekly Newspaper by the Virginia Press Association. Finally, she was a board member and teacher at the Woodbridge Homeschool Co-op and served as the chairman of the education committee at the Hylton Performing Arts Center at the Prince William GMU campus.