{"id":7657,"date":"2021-02-10T15:25:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T20:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/?page_id=7657"},"modified":"2025-11-19T12:54:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:54:29","slug":"applied-history-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/applied-history-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Applied History Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Historical Methods, Enhanced Understanding, Better Public Policy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Applied History Lab exists to improve public policy through the application of historical methods and enhanced contextual understanding of the challenges impacting the state of Rhode Island and Southern New England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directors<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-8982\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1611\/Dr.RodMathers.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Rod Mather\" class=\"wp-image-8982\" style=\"width:276px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Rod Mather (Professor, Department of History)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-8978\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1611\/Dr.-Catherine-e1676674044481.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Catherine DeCesare\" class=\"wp-image-8978\" style=\"width:285px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Catherine DeCesare (Assistant Professor, Department of History)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Applied History Lab Fellows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Autumn Guillotte<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bridget Hall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ryan Nadeau<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anna Snyder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Applied History Lab White Papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1611\/Dennis-Haggerty-White-Paper.pdf\"> Preparing for the Next Pandemic: U.S. and Rhode Island Pandemic Preparedness; Dennis Haggerty&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1611\/Madison-Palmieri-White-Paper-.pdf\">Leveling the Educational Playing Field: Parochial Schools and School Choice in Rhode Island; Madison Palmieri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1611\/Bridget-Clossick-White-Paper.pdf\">A Call to Action: Addressing the Root Causes of American School Shootings; Bridget Clossick<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1611\/Anna-Snyder-Applied-History-White-Paper.pdf\">Location and Inequitable Education; Anna Snyder&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1611\/Ryan-Nadeau-Applied-History-White-Paper.pdf\">New Technology, Old Problem: Developing OER Policies to Provide Low-Cost Materials for Rhode Island\u2019s Public Universities; Ryan Nadeau&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/a-walk-through-time\/\">A Walk Through Time<\/a><div class=\"content\">The University of Rhode Island rests on ancestral land belonging to the Narragansett people. Remnants of their history are sprinkled around campus. Yet, how much do we know about the people who lived here first and their story? Directors of the Applied History Lab (Dr. DeCesare and Dr. Mather) and Professor of Archaeology Kristine Bovy have been working with members of the Narragansett Tribe , specifically Lor\u00e9n Spears (pictured below), Director of the Tomaquag Museum, to create an undergraduate course on this topic. Subtopics of the course can change and cover a variety of other issues such as gender studies, and its implications on our campus and the land we reside on. Find the full article, <strong>&#8220;A Walk Through Time&#8221;<\/strong> by MaryBeth Reilly-McGreen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/fall-2022\/a-walk-through-time\/\">here<\/a>&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_8975\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8975\" style=\"width: 523px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8975\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1611\/Walk-thru-time.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1611\/Walk-thru-time.jpg 523w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1611\/Walk-thru-time-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1611\/Walk-thru-time-364x438.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1611\/Walk-thru-time-500x602.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lor\u00e9n Spears \u201989, Hon. \u201917, director of the Tomaquag Museum, beside a monolith outside the URI library. This monolith represents the only visible acknowledgement at URI of the Narragansett Nation.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historical Methods, Enhanced Understanding, Better Public Policy The Applied History Lab exists to improve public policy through the application of historical methods and enhanced contextual understanding of the challenges impacting the state of Rhode Island and Southern New England. 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