Torren Gatson
Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Graduate Program in Museum Studies
History
Email Address: tlgatson@uncg.edu
Education
Ph.D., Middle Tennessee State University, 2018
M.A., North Carolina Central University, 2013
B.A. in History, North Carolina Central University, 2010
Courses Taught
- HIS 213 Topics in American History: The Quest for African American Citizenship
- HIS 317 Introduction to Public History
- HIS 401 Topics in Public History: Oral History
- HIS 403/502 Topic in African American History: Politics of Urban Spaces
- HIS 546/446 African American Material Culture
- HIS 546/446 American Material Culture
- HIS 627 Museum and Historic Site Interpretation (Graduate Seminar)
- HIS 626 The Practice of Public History (Graduate Seminar)
- HIS 631 Digital History (Graduate Seminar)
- HIS 633 Community History Practicum (Graduate Seminar)
- HIS 697 Readings in Southern Memory (Graduate Course)
- HIS 720 Public History Capstone I (Graduate Seminar)
- HIS 721 Public History Capstone II (Graduate Seminar)
Research
19th and 20th Century African American history, historic preservation, material culture, the built environment (housing), Southern history, digital history, and historical equity