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