Claire E. Herhold
Ph.D. Candidate
Office:
(269) 387-4632Location:
4406 Friedmann Hall, Mail Stop 5334Mailing address:
Department of HistoryWestern Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5334 USA
Education:
- M.A., Public History, Western Michigan University, 2013
- Graduate Certificate, Ethnohistory, Western Michigan University, 2013
- B.A., History, Saginaw Valley State University, 2010
Research interests:
- living history interpretation
- Great Lakes history
- early American history
Bio:
Claire Herhold is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at Western Michigan University. Her dissertation title is "In Search of an Authentic Past: Negotiating Authenticity in Living History Interpretation" and her supervising professor is Dr. Mitch Kachun.
Herhold was born and raised in Hartland, Michigan. She studied history at Saginaw Valley State University and completed the thesis, "A Most Important Command: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts." Herhold has over thirteen years of experience in museum education and living history interpretation.