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.
Read moreA 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