Melinda Marchand

Visiting Assistant Professor, History

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

    clock icon Jun. 4, 2025 – Jun. 4, 2026
  • "NAACP History"

    Clark Urban Fellowship Program

    clock icon Jun. 4, 2025 – Jun. 4, 2026
  • CGRAS Undergraduate Fellows Award

    CGRAS

    clock icon Aug. 1, 2025 – Dec. 31, 2025
  • Abortion in American LIfe

    National Endowment for the Humanities