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5 <br /> Page 1 of 3 Anne Whisnant <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Dr. Anne Whisnant <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 9115 Laurel Springs Drive <br /> Chapel Hill NC 27516 <br /> Phone: 919-968-4259 <br /> Email: amwhisnant@prisource.com <br /> Year of OC Residence: 1994 <br /> Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br /> Zone of Residence: County <br /> Gender Identity: Female <br /> Ethnic Background: White <br /> Age Range: 35-59 <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> Neighbors on Call <br /> American Association for State and Local History <br /> American Historical Association <br /> Appalachian Studies Association <br /> Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs <br /> Historical Society of North Carolina <br /> National Council on Public History <br /> National Parks Conservation Association Southeast Regional Council & National Council <br /> Organization of American Historians <br /> Southern Historical Association <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> None <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Historic Preservation Commission (APPLICANTS SHALL RESIDE WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> I am a professional historian with a long record of work in public history and North Carolina <br /> history. I have a growing interest in Orange County history. <br /> Currently, I am Associate Professor of the Practice in the Social Science Research Institute and <br /> Director of Graduate Liberal Studies MA program at Duke University. With my husband David, I <br /> also run a small history consulting firm, Primary Source History Services. I earned my Ph.D. in <br /> history from UNC in 1997. <br /> My work as a historian and teacher has been concentrated in public history, where I have deep <br /> expertise in the history and development of the U.S. National Parks. I am author of Super-Scenic <br /> Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway History(UNC Press, 2006), and co-author of five other <br /> historical studies for the National Park Service. I was the project lead for the influential 2011 <br /> study, Imperiled Promise: The State of History in the National Park Service, cosponsored by <br />