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Patricia Schechter

Patricia Schechter

Professor of History

Portland State University (Oregon, USA)

Faculty (Tenure-track or Tenured)

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Biography

Patricia Schechter is Professor of History at Portland State University (Oregon, USA). She received her BA in American Studies magna cum laude from Mount Holyoke College and then her PhD in History from Princeton University. Her first book, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and American Reform (UNC Press, 2001) won the Sierra Book Prize from the Western Association of Women Historians. Her subsequent publications and public history projects have been recognized for their excellence by the Oral History Association, Library Choice, and the American Philosophical Society, among others. Their interests include migration, diaspora, and mobility, trade, economy, and global networks, cultural heritage and material culture, identity, race, and ethnicity in historical contexts, memory, myth.

Thematic Interests

  • Migration, Diaspora, and MobilityHistorical movements of peoples, exile, forced migration, and diasporic identities., Trade, Economy, and Global Networks – Economic systems, merchant communities, and cross-cultural trade routes.
  • Cultural Heritage and Material CultureStudy of historical artifacts, architecture, manuscripts, and preservation practices., Identity, Race, and Ethnicity in Historical Contexts – Historical constructions of identity, race, and ethnicity in different periods and societies., Memory, Myth, and Public History – How history is remembered, represented, and contested in public discourse and media.