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Education

 
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire

Ph.D. American History ? Modern U.S. Women?s and African American History. May 2003

Doctor of Humane Letters (Honoris Causa). May 2016

Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts

M.A. Liberal Studies (with Distinction), History - May 1995

B.A. Economics/History - May 1980

Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts

M.B.A. Finance - June 1987

 

Publications

Books:

Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer, Oxford University Press, Sept. 2021.

The Encyclopedia of Harriet Tubman, Rowman & Littlefield, forthcoming 2021.

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park and Monument Historic Resource Study, National Park Service and Organization of American Historians. December 2019.

Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, October 2015. New York Times and Wall Street Journal best seller, winner of the Mass Book Award in Nonfiction, 2016, and named one of the Best Biographies of all time by BookBub, 2018. Featured cover story, People Magazine, September 14, 2015, and named one of People Magazine?s top ten books for 2015. Community Reads in 2019 for Pembroke, MA, 2016 for Woburn and Winchester, MA, and 2017, Cayuga County, NY.

The Assassin?s Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln. Basic Books. June 2008.

Bound For the Promised Land:  Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero. Ballantine Books/One World. 2004. Wall Street Journal best seller, 2016.

Professional and Public History Experience

Consulting

Consulting Historian, Virtual Reality production on Harriet Tubman crossing the Niagara River, 1856. CGO Studios, LA. 2020-21.

Consulting Historian, Augmented Reality customer experience program for four sites along the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, Eastern Shore, MD. Timelooper, Inc. 2020.

Consulting Historian, Audio tour script development, for the Harriet Tubman Home and Park, Auburn, NY. 2020

Consulting Historian, and advisory board member, Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglasss documentary films. Stanley Nelson, Director; Firelight Media and Maryland Public Television. 2019-2021. Air dates fall 2021.

Consulting Historian, script review and commentary on HARRIET feature film, Kasi Lemmons, Director and writer, starring Cynthia Erivo, Focus Features Films. Premiered November 1, 2019.

Consulting Historian, script and art review for animated ?I Am Harriet Tubman,? episode for Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum television series for children. PBS KIDS, XR 1 Productions, Inc., Brown Bag Films, and 9 Story Media Group. Air date fall 2020.

Consulting Historian, Curriculum Guide for Harriet feature film. BazanED production. Fall 2019.

Consulting Historian, Soldier of Freedom orientation film for Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State and National Historical Park. Script development and review, consultant for clothing, props, location settings, scene development. Aperture Films. Premiered September 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rs5l6PkGLU&feature=emb_title

Consulting Curator/Historian, Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State and National Historical Park, Dorchester County, MD. Exhibit content, resource database development, research, interpretation, script development, educational programming, oral history project, and technical review. 2007-2019.

Consulting Historian, Maryland?s Network to Freedom video production, Maryland Department of Tourism, 2018-2019.

Historical Expert, ?The American Experience: The Confluence of Movements ? Exploring Abolition and Women?s Rights.? A Faith and Politics Institute Pilgrimage to Western, NY. July 20-22, 2018.

Consulting Historian, Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, an All-American Road, Dorchester and Caroline counties, MD. Historical content, resource development, tour and map guide development and training, research, interpretation, programming, audio tour and website development and technical review. 2003-2018. www.harriettubmanbyway.org Winner of the 2018 National Association of Interpretation Digital Media Awards.

Consulting Historian, The Kennedys: A Fatal Ambition, two episode documentary series. Elephant Studios, Viacom and Channel 5, producers. London, England. 2018.

Historical Consultant, Episode One of Travel Channel series on geneaology. Spring 2016

Historical Consultant, untitled HBO Original Movie based on Bound for the Promised Land, featuring Viola Davis, co-producers Dreamworks and Juvee Productions, with screenwriter Kirk Ellis. 2015-present.

Historian/Application preparer, twenty-five successful National Park Service Network to Freedom nominations, 2006-2020.

Consulting Historian, Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Audio Tour Guide, mobile application by Toursphere and Audissey Guides, Inc. 2012-2013, 2016. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/harriet-tubman-underground/id649500844?mt=8

Historical Consultant and Featured Historian, The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  Award-winning film by Kunhardt McGee Productions,THIRTEEN Productions LLC, Inkwell Films, in association with Ark Media. PBS Fall 2013.

Featured Historian, Real History segment on Mary Surratt. Real News show on The Blaze TV. August 2013.

Consulting Historian, The Journey Begins: Underground Railroad Audio Walking Tour, Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, MD. Historical content, interpretation, and review for audio tour script. 2012-2013.

Consulting Historian, Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Corridor Management Plan. Historical content and interpretation, site identification and cultural resource identification. Transystems, Inc., for Delaware Department Of Transportation. 2010-2012.

Historical Consultant, Mary Surratt content expert, and website Blogger for The Conspirator, a film by The American Film Company, directed by Robert Redford. www.theamericanfilmcompany.com 2010-2011.

Consulting Historian, The Conspirator: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Lincoln, documentary film project, Tom Jennings Productions for the History Channel, release date March 2011.

 

Publications

Books and Historic Resourse Studies:

Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer, Oxford University Press, Sept. 2021.

Harriet Tubman: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works. Rowman & Littlefield, June 2022. Library Journal Starred* Review and named one of the Best Reference Books of 2022.

Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, October 2015. New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, winner of the Mass Book Award in Nonfiction, 2016, and named one of the Best Biographies of all time by BookBub, 2018. Featured cover story, People Magazine, September 14, 2015, and named one of People Magazine’s top ten books for 2015. Community Reads in 2019 for Pembroke, MA, 2016 for Woburn and Winchester, MA, and 2017, Cayuga County, NY.

The Assassin’s Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln. Basic Books. June 2008.

Bound For the Promised Land:  Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero. Ballantine Books/One World. 2004. Wall Street Journal bestseller, 2016.

Harriet Tubman: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works. Rowman & Littlefield, June 2022. Library Journal Starred* Review and named one of the Best Reference Books of 2022.

Consulting Historian, research/interpretation of Underground Railroad activity for multiple county tours. Maryland Office of Tourism, 2022-24. https://www.visitmaryland.org/unique-experiences/underground-railroad 

Educator/Trainer, senior leadership training retreat for Hyve Consulting clients. Working with Hyve client company executives to examine ways to identify nontraditional and emerging leaders and structure appropriate support. August 2022; October 2024.

Advisory Board Member/Expert Contributor, “Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom,” PBS documentary, Stanley Nelson, Director. Produced by Maryland Public Television and Firelight Media. Premier October 2022. https://www.pbs.org/show/harriet-tubman-visions-freedom/

Consulting Historian, “The Hidden Chesapeake: Through Harriet Tubman’s Eyes,” a Maryland Department of Economic Development heritage tourism project with support from Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network. 2022. https://www.visitmaryland.org/trip-ideas/hidden-chesapeake-slavery-and-freedom-through-harriet-tubmans-eyes 

Consulting Historian, Virtual Reality production on Harriet Tubman crossing the Niagara River with Joe Bailey, 1856. CGO Studios, LA. 2020-21.

Consulting Historian, Augmented Reality customer experience program for four sites along the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, Eastern Shore, MD. Timelooper, Inc. 2020.

Consulting Historian, Audio tour script development, for the Harriet Tubman Home and Park, Auburn, NY. 2020

Consulting Historian, and advisory board member, Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglasss documentary films. Stanley Nelson, Director; Firelight Media and Maryland Public Television. 2019-2021. Air dates fall 2021. https://harriettubmanvisionsoffreedom.org/ and https://www.pbs.org/show/becoming-frederick-douglass/

Consulting Historian, script review and commentary on HARRIET feature film, Kasi Lemmons, Director and writer, starring Cynthia Erivo, Focus Features Films. Premiered November 1, 2019. https://www.focusfeatures.com/harriet 

Consulting Historian, script and art review for animated “I Am Harriet Tubman,” episode for Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum television series for children. PBS KIDS, XR 1 Productions, Inc., Brown Bag Films, and 9 Story Media Group. Air date fall 2020. (Based on the book by Brad Meltzer, with Chris Eliopoulis, illustrator) https://pbswisconsin.org/episode/xavier-riddle-and-the-secret-museum-i-am-harriet-tubman/

Consulting Historian, Curriculum Guide for Harriet feature film. BazanED production. Fall 2019.

Consulting Historian, Soldier of Freedom orientation film for Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State and National Historical Park. Script development and review, consultant for clothing, props, location settings, scene development. Aperture Films. Premiered September 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rs5l6PkGLU&feature=emb_title

Consulting Curator/Historian, Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State and National Historical Park, Dorchester County, MD. Exhibit content, resource database development, research, interpretation, script development, educational programming, oral history project, and technical review. 2007-2019.

Consulting Historian, Maryland’s Network to Freedom video production, Maryland Department of Tourism, 2018-2019.

Historical Expert, “The American Experience: The Confluence of Movements – Exploring Abolition and Women’s Rights.” A Faith and Politics Institute Pilgrimage to Western, NY. July 20-22, 2018.

Consulting Historian, Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, an All-American Road, Dorchester and Caroline counties, MD. Historical content, resource development, tour and map guide development and training, research, interpretation, programming, audio tour and website development and technical review. 2003-2018. Winner of the 2018 National Association of Interpretation Digital Media Awards. www.harriettubmanbyway.org

Consulting Historian, The Kennedys: A Fatal Ambition, two episode documentary series. Elephant Studios, Viacom and Channel 5, producers. London, England. 2018.

Historical Consultant, Episode One of Travel Channel series on geneaology. Spring 2016

Historical Consultant, untitled HBO Original Movie based on Bound for the Promised Land, featuring Viola Davis, co-producers Dreamworks and Juvee Productions, with screenwriter Kirk Ellis. 2015-present (development halted).

Historian/Application preparer, twenty-five successful National Park Service Network to Freedom nominations, 2006-2020.

Consulting Historian, Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Audio Tour Guide, mobile application by Toursphere and Audissey Guides, Inc. 2012-2013, 2016. https://harriettubmanbyway.org/

Historical Consultant and Featured Historian, The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  Award-winning film by Kunhardt McGee Productions,THIRTEEN Productions LLC, Inkwell Films, in association with Ark Media. PBS Fall 2013.

Featured Historian, Real History segment on Mary Surratt. Real News show on The Blaze TV. August 2013.

Consulting Historian, The Journey Begins: Underground Railroad Audio Walking Tour, Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, MD. Historical content, interpretation, and review for audio tour script. 2012-2013. https://adkinsarboretum.org/resouces/rooted-wisdom-natures-role-in-the-underground-railroad/

Consulting Historian, Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Corridor Management Plan. Historical content and interpretation, site identification and cultural resource identification. Transystems, Inc., for Delaware Department Of Transportation. 2010-2012.

Historical Consultant, Mary Surratt content expert, and website Blogger for The Conspirator, a film by The American Film Company, directed by Robert Redford. www.theamericanfilmcompany.com 2010-2011.

Consulting Historian, The Conspirator: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Lincoln, documentary film project, Tom Jennings Productions for the History Channel, March 2011.

Selected Teaching, Presentations, TV and Radio

Educator/Trainer, senior leadership training retreat for Hyve Consulting clients. Working with Hyve client company executives to examine ways to identify nontraditional and emerging leaders and structure appropriate support. August 2022; October 2024.

Instructor, NEH Summer Seminars on Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad. Sponsor, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, July 2019, 2022, 2024; and, UMass Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA. July 2013, 2015, 2022.

Featured Speaker, Library of Congress National Book Festival, “The Pioneers: Women Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement,” with Tomiko Brown-Nagin. September 2022. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024698179/

Featured Author, Wilson Center, Washington, DC, book discussion of Walk With Me, with A’Leila Bundles and Robert L. Harris, Jr., November 15, 2021. Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer | Wilson Center  

C-Span BookTV, Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer, host partner Center for Brooklyn History/Brooklyn Public Library. September 2, 2021. https://www.c-span.org/video/?514355-1/walk-me 

“Distinguished Historian,” U.S. Congressional Pilgrimage to Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Faith & Politics Institute (F&P) program on Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, October 1, 2021; viewing and discussion of Harriet movie with members of Congress. Sponsored by F&P, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and the Congressional Black Caucus. November  2019

CBS Sunday Morning Show with Martha Teichner. Historian interviewee for featured segment on Harriet Tubman. October 20, 2019. https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/6GdyKfPq_7GAY78IjpMhDqCsgbhfOIAs/

Book Talk: JFK Library Forum, Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter in conversation with Pulitzer Prize winner, Eileen McNamara, Oct. 14, 2015. http://www.c-span.org/video/?328843-1/kate-clifford-larson-rosemary

Selected Articles

 “Through Her Eyes: Discover a Hidden Side of the Chesapeake Along the Harriet Tubman Byway,” Chesapeake Bay Magazine, September 8, 2022. https://chesapeakebaymagazine.com/through-her-eyes/

“The Sharecropper and The President: Two Leaders at the Crossroads Of Democracy,” Leader to Leader, Spring 2022. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ltl.20629

“Harriet Tubman: A Life Beyond Myths,” Ms. Magazine, Spring 2022. https://msmagazine.com/2022/02/08/harriet-tubman-life-myth-misinformation-civil-rights-slavery/

“Writing a Woman’s Trauma: Balancing Fannie Lou Hamer’s silence with newly recovered testimony.”Women’s History Network, Oct. 2021. https://womenshistorynetwork.org/writing-a-womans-trauma-by-kate-clifford-larson/