M.A.H.P. Thesis Abstracts

2024 McCullough Award for Best Thesis

Tristram Evans, M.A.H.P. ’23, received the 2024 McCullough Award for his thesis, Navigating Heritage: Charting a Course to Narrative Equity. His work explores how preservation practices can better reflect diverse stories and promote narrative equity.

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A student’s academic career in the M.A. in Historic Preservation (M.A.H.P.) program culminates in a written thesis. Each student selects a topic in consultation with faculty during Thesis Proposal and works with that faculty member and two other thesis committee members who are experts in the topic selected.

Below are abstracts of theses completed in the M.A.H.P. program. If you are interested in obtaining a copy of the full thesis, please visit the MDSOAR website or email M.A.H.P. director, Melanie Lytle.

Previous McCullough Award Recipients

2023 Elizabeth Cohan —Heritage Species for Historic Preservation

2022 Meghan Diehl — Historic Preservation for All People: Reconceptualizing Accessibility in Historic Buildings

2020 Nancy LaPira — Protecting Our History Underfoot: Filling in the Regulatory Gaps Through Local Archeological Review

2019 Samantha Travis — Placekeeping for Preservation: Building a Cultural Sustainable Preservation Model