Dr. Cheryl X. Dong
Cheryl X. Dong, Ph.D.
Position: Assistant Professor of History, Internship Advisor
Email: cdong@bgsu.edu
Address: 18 Williams Hall
Biography
I’m joining the faculty as an Assistant Professor Public History at Bowling Green State University. Before that, I was an Assistant Professor Public History and Coordinator of Public History Programs at the University of Northern Iowa. I specialize in African American history with an emphasis on memory and cultural heritage studies. My work asks questions about how African American history is interpreted to various publics and how museums, historical sites, and other institutions can foster relationships and trust with marginalized communities through the work of Public History. My book manuscript (under contract with UNC Press), "Why Don't You Die for the People? Memory and Martyrdom in the Black Panther Party", challenges established narratives of violence and the Black Panther Party by showing how the Panthers used confrontations with law enforcement to render visible police brutality and its role in perpetuating racial inequality. In addition, I have collaborated with a number of museums and historical sites including the Museum of Durham History and the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies. I am currently a member of the Board of Directors at the National Council of Public History (NCPH) and I serve on its Long Range Planning Committee. At BGSU, I hope to strengthen existing partnerships with public history institutions like Fort Meigs and the Wood County Museum as well as build new ones.
Fields of Study
- African American History
- Modern U.S. History
- Military History
- 19th century U.S. History
- Colonial U.S. History
- Digital Humanities
- Memory and Commemoration
- Cultural Heritage
- Museum Studies.
Education
- North Carolina State University, Ph.D. in Public History, 2020.
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.A. in History, 2013.
- Duke University, B.A. in History and Classical Studies, 2010.
Selected Publications and Projects
Dong, Cheryl. Why Don’t You Die For the Revolution? Memor yand Martyrdom in the Black Panther Party. Book Manuscript under consideration by UNC Press for the Justice, Power, and Politics Series.
Cheryl Dong and Anne Whisnant, “African American History and Life on the Blue Ridge Parkway,” Ongoing Public History Project with funding from Duke University.
Dong, Cheryl. “Red Cross Volunteer Nurse’s Aide Corps.” In An Encyclopedia of American Women at War: From the Home Front to the Battlefields Volume 2, edited by Lisa Tendrich Frank, 462-464. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2013.
Dong, Cheryl. “Rathbun-Nealy (Coleman), Melissa (1970-).” In An Encyclopedia of American Women at War: From the Home Front to the Battlefields Volume 2, edited by Lisa Tendrich Frank, 458-460. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2013.
Awards and Grants
“Preserving and Sharing Iowa History in the Twenty-First Century: Creating Iowa’s Online StateEncyclopedia,” Co-Principal Investigator. RSP Capacity Grant, University of Northern Iowa, $10,000.
“Sharing Iowa History in the Age of Covid: Creating Iowa’s Online Encyclopedia,” Principal Investigator,Iowa Arts Council Humanities Grant, $20,000. (under Review)
New Professional Award, The National Council of Public History, 2021.
Selected Presentations
Panel Organizer and Participant, “Telling the Whole Story: 50th Anniversary Black Student Union celebration preparations and Public History at the University of Northern Iowa,” Iowa Museum Association Conference, October 2021.
Panel Participant, “Re-imagining Black Internationalism in the Vietnam War: Terry Whitmore and the Black Deserter Community,” African American Intellectual History Society Conference, March 2021.
Panel Participant, Equitable Remote Internships Workshop, National Council of Public History Conference, March 2021.
Panel Participant, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Book Discussion,” Phi Alpha Theta History Lecture, History Department, University of Northern Iowa, February 2021.
Panel Participant, “You Can Kill the Revolutionary but You Can't Kill the Revolution:’ The Contested Death and Legacy of Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party,” African American Intellectual History Society Conference, March 2020.
Panel Organizer and Participant, “The Many Faces of Ericka Huggins: Martyrdom and Gender in the Black Panther Party,” American Historical Association Annual Conference, January 2020.
Panel Organizer and Participant, “Land, Bread, and Housing: The Troubled Memory of Black Panther Martyrdom in the New South,” Association for the Study of African American Life and History Annual Conference, October 2019.
“Black Power G.I.s: How Black Veterans Supported the Black Panther Party,” Working Paper for the Journal of African American History. Fall 2020.
“Panther Soldiers: How Black Veterans Supported the Black Panther Party.” Black Arts Movement Conference, New Orleans, Fall 2016.
Presenter and Panelist, “Peer Mentorship Workshop,” Graduate Lead Peer Mentorship Group, North Carolina State University, April 2017.
Presentation and Panel Discussion, “Policing in America with Norm Stamper,” North Carolina State University, Broadcast on WKNC 88.1, October 24, 2016.
Organizer, “Klansville, USA” Teach-In, North Carolina State University, December 2, 2016.
Courses
History 1260: Modern US History
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