Degrees

• Ph.D. in History, Clark University, 2020
• M.A. in Liberal Arts, Harvard University, 2012
• B.A. in International Relations, Syracuse University, 1990

Affiliated Department

History

Scholarly and creative works

• Presentations

  “Music and Manufacturing: The Story of Andrew Hill Hammond”

  Preservation Worcester Docent Program

  Park View Room, Worcester
  April

  2025
  Sponsored by Preservation Worcester
  Melinda J Marchand
• Reviews, Abstracts, Pamphlets

  Review: A Prairie Faith: The Religious Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder by John Fry

  Church History

  February

  2025
  Cambridge University Press
  Melinda J Marchand
• Presentations

  “Natural History and the Lyceum Movement, 1825-1866” 

  Lyceum Symposium

  Worcester Public Library
  February

  2025
  Sponsored by Ecotarium
  Melinda J Marchand
• Other Scholarly or Creative Work

  “History of the Lincoln Square Boys Club” (working title)

  Melinda J Marchand
• Presentations

  “The Worcester Society of Natural History: Stories Across 200 Years”

  Annual Meeting of the Worcester Ecotarium

  Ecotarium
  June

  2024
  Melinda J Marchand
• Presentations

  “500 Voices: A Celebration of the Worcester Women’s Oral History Project”

  "500 Voices"

  Worcester Public Library
  December

  2024
  Sponsored by Worcester Women’s Oral History Project
  Melinda J Marchand

Awards and grants

• Women of Clark

  Alice Coonley Higgins Institute

  Jun. 4, 2025 – Jun. 4, 2026

• "NAACP History"

  Clark Urban Fellowship Program

  Jun. 4, 2025 – Jun. 4, 2026

• CGRAS Undergraduate Fellows Award

  CGRAS

  Aug. 1, 2025 – Dec. 31, 2025

• Abortion in American LIfe

  National Endowment for the Humanities