Personal profile
About
Dr. McLellan had a joint appointment in Urban Affairs and Geography and the Department of History. She served on the Wright State University Community Engagement Council. Her scholarship includes oral history and museum studies as well as social studies education, civic engagement, and public humanities. She is the author of Six Generations Here: a Wisconsin Farm Family Remembers (Wisconsin Historical Society, 1997, 2013) and Hunting for Everyday History: a Field Guide for Teachers (2003). She directed the graduate program in Public History in the Department of History, 2000-2007 and the Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement between January, 2014 and July, 2015. She served on the board of Ohio Humanities, the state humanities council, for seven years; chairing the board from 2011 through 2013. She served on the board of Cityfolk, a folk, jazz, and traditional arts presenting organization, from 2005-2010 and on the Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board from 2004-2008. She has written grants funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute for Museums and Library Services, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and other organizations. She was an affiliate faculty member in both Women's Studies and Humanities. She also advises students in the Youth and Community Engagement minor and the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance student organization.
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Education/Academic qualification
American Studies, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
… → 1991
American Folk Cultures, M.A., State University of New York
… → 1981
American Studies, B.A., Miami University
… → 1975
Research Interests
- Public Humanities
Disciplines
- Arts and Humanities
- History
- Cultural History
- Oral History
- Museum Studies
- Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Geography
- Urban Studies
- Civic and Community Engagement
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Beyond the Transcript: Oral History as Pedagogy
McLellan, M. L., 2014, Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 99-118 20 p. (Palgrave Studies in Oral History).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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iDialogue with the Past: Engaging Students and Meeting Standards with Oral History/i (Review)
McLellan, M. L., Jan 1 2006Research output: Other contribution
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Children of the Western Plains: The Nineteenth Century Experience by Ivan R. Dee (Review)
McLellan, M. L., Oct 1 2004Research output: Other contribution
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iForest, Fields, and the Falls: Connecting Minnesota/i (Review of the Website)
McLellan, M. L., Mar 1 2004Research output: Other contribution
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Going to the Sources in Teaching American History
McLellan, M. L., Apr 1 2003, In: History Computer Review. 19Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review