Cynthia Prescott

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Author of _Pioneer Mother Monuments: Constructing Cultural Memory_(University of Oklahoma Press, 2019) and _Gender and Generation on the Far Western Frontier_ (University of Arizona Press, 2007). Co-editor (with Maureen S. Thompson) of _Backstories: The Kitchen Table Talk Cookbook_. I am currently developing a website focusing on pioneer monuments, http://pioneermonuments.net, and a pedagogical game focusing on relocating and reinterpreting public monuments.

Experience

  • 2007–present
    Professor of History, University of North Dakota
  • 2005–2007
    Teaching Fellow, Loyola Marymount University
  • 2004–2005
    Lecturer, California State University, Channel Islands

Education

  • 2004 
    University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D., History
  • 2000 
    University of California, Los Angeles, M.A., History
  • 1998 
    Duke University, A.B., History

Publications

  • 2021
    Backstories: The Kitchen Table Talk Cookbook, The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota
  • 2019
    Pioneer Mother Monuments: Constructing Cultural Memory, University of Oklahoma Press
  • 2007
    Gender and Generation on the Far Western Frontier, University of Arizona Press

Grants and Contracts

  • 2018
    Planning Grant
    Role:
    Primary Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Whiting Foundation

Contact Cynthia for

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  • Research supervision