Three Oregon university students have been named Oregon Heritage Fellows by Oregon Heritage, a division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, based on the strength of both their scholastic achievement and their research topics. The fellowships encourage the thoughtful inquiry of Oregon’s heritage by emerging scholars. “The Fellows conduct original research into the diverse history of Oregon, often on topics that have drawn less attention from more-experienced historians,” explains Chrissy Curran, Oregon’s deputy state historic preservation officer. “We believe it is important that their research is presented to the public.” The Fellows, their schools, and topics are: –Katie Bush, Portland State University graduate student in Public History: “The Spaces of Policing/The Policing of Spaces: Pathologizing Mental Illness and Poverty in Progressive Era Portland” –Adam Fitzhugh, Portland State University graduate student in History: “Battle Rock: Anatomy of a Massacre” –Georgia Reid, Lewis & Clark College undergraduate students in Anthropology and Sociology: “Material Imagination of the Oregon Flax Industry” A link to each of the emerging scholars’ papers and additional information about the Oregon Heritage Fellowship can be found at: https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/awards.aspx
