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Sharon M. Leon is Director of Public Projects at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media and Associate Professor of History at George Mason University. Her research interests include the history of religion in the U.S., especially Roman Catholicism, history of science and twentieth century cultural history. She received her bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and her doctorate in American Studies at the University of Minnesota in 2004. Her first book, An Image of God: the Catholic Struggle with Eugenics, was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2013.

#DayofDH Compilation

[cross-posted for #DayofDH] The Day Begins … earlier than usual this Tuesday. So, I’m a morning person, but I’m not usually in the office by 6am. Today, however, I had a bunch of student work to comment on before class at 9am and I just couldn’t bring myself to do it last night. (Monday evening …

Sustaining Digital Public History

I’m facilitating a working group at the National Council on Public History’s 2014 meeting about “Sustaining Digital Public History.” We’ve got a good group and I’m hoping we can examine a nice range of sustainability questions. I’ve started the case study flow with a post on the September 11 Digital Archive. All are welcome to …

Management? But I’m an Historian

Below are some resources to accompany my project management workshops for the “How to Get Started in Digital History” pre-conference session at AHA2014. Workshop Documents: Resource Assessment Scoping and Scheduling Work Project Charter Grant Work Plan Calendar Detail Sample Budget Form Sample Budget Tracking Project Management Software: Basecamp Trello Kona Podio Further Reading: Project Management …