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Dr. Patrick Nugent serves as Deputy Director of the Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience and Lecturer of History in the Department of History at Washington College. His work investigates intersections of place, race, culture, and environment in twentieth-century America through urban, environmental, and public history lenses.
His educational background includes a Ph.D. in American Studies from George Washington University (2016).
Nugent's research centers on African American history, oral history methodologies, and ecological preservation in urban contexts. He is completing a book under contract with the University of Chicago Press titled The Greenlining of Staten Island: Ecological Preservation and Racial Segregation in Postwar New York City, while leading community-driven projects like the National Home Front Project and Chesapeake Heartland initiative.
His scholarly recognition includes:
- John Reps Prize for best doctoral dissertation in American city and regional planning history (2017)
- American Historical Association's Annual Blog Prize (2015)
He mentors students through grant-funded public history collaborations including the National Home Front Project (collecting WWII Home Front civilian oral histories) and Chesapeake Heartland (partnering with the National Museum of African American History and Culture to preserve Kent County, MD historical materials).
Nugent co-leads two major Starr Center initiatives involving community partnerships: the National Home Front Project and Chesapeake Heartland: An African American Humanities Project, which focus on digitizing and making accessible four centuries of African American historical materials through local and national institutional collaborations.
