Adam Turner

Former Project Associate, Teaching American History

Adam Turner was the project associate for Foundations of U.S. History, the Teaching American History Grant for Loudoun County Public Schools, as well as for Conflict and Consensus, the Teaching American History Grant for Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland (http://chnm.gmu.edu/tah/). He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Mary Washington in 2007 with a B.A. in History and a secondary education license in History and Social Sciences with a Meritorious New Teacher Designation. He completed his undergraduate thesis on the Eugenics Movement and the 1924 Racial Integrity Act in Virginia during the early twentieth century. Research interests include the development of history education and cultural memory, twentieth-century U.S. cultural history, and the history of conflict resolution.

Projects

Virginia Studies

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