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Data Loss and Recovery in the Age of Paper,” Parameters, Social Science Research Council, June 7, 2017,.The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook, Advisory Board Member and author (American Association for State and Local History & National Council on Public History, forthcoming).Stamping American Memory: Collectors, Citizens, and the Post (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2018) Open access and print versions.Brennan has a PhD in American and digital history from Mason, as well as an MA from the University of Notre Dame and BA from Bates College, both in American Studies. She is publishing an open access digital monograph, Stamping American Memory: Collectors, Citizens, and the Post this summer by the University of Michigan Press. She writes and presents on topics in digital history, collecting practices, postal history, and how museums use digital technologies. Since 2005, she has developed and managed 30+ digital humanities projects, including the award-winning Hurricane Digital Memory Bank and Histories of the National Mall. Brennan is an experienced public historian, who began her career working in federal history museums. Brennan is formerly the Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media and Research Associate Professor in the Department of History and Art History at George Mason University.
