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photo of Dr. Elizabeth Tandy Shermer by the shoreline in view of water

Checking in on Dr. Elizabeth Tandy Shermer and the Applied History Program

The History Department is happy to welcome our new faculty this semester! Professor Elizabeth Tandy Shermer is coming to us from a previous appointment at Loyola University at Chicago to fill her role as the first director of the new interdisciplinary Applied History Certificate Program. Dr.

Charles Dew in Switzerland, photographed in front of the scenic Swiss Alps on a mountainside.

Student Spotlight: Charles Dew

Charles (Charlie) Dew is a fourth-year history and advertising honors student at the University of Georgia who is exploring sports media careers.

title page of the Athens Historical Society Athens Film Project new release: Industrial Athens, Part II, featuring sepia tint vintages photos overlaid with the text header

Athens Historical Society - Athens Film Project: “Industrial Athens Part 2"

If you've followed our history news at all, you've probably discovered the Athens Historical Society's Athens Film Project.

photo of Alex Bowen at the Georgia Historical Society viewing historic papers

Alexander Bowen, W. Todd Groce Fellow

Last spring, Alex Bowen was awarded the second annual 

Doctoral candidate Theodora Light in front of UGA's LeConte Hall

Doctoral Candidate: Theodora Light

Congratulations to doctoral candidate Theodora (Tedi) Light on the successful defense of her Ph.D.