Carnegie Mellon University

Wyatt Erchak

Wyatt Erchak

PhD Student

  • Porter Hall 225C

Education

  • M.A. History, State University of New York at Albany, 2019
  • B.A. History – Government, Skidmore College, 2012

Interest Area(s)

19th century U.S., African American history, American South, Civil War Era, Atlantic World, slavery, labor,  revolution, violence, warfare, memory, maritime history, history from below, visual storytelling

Publications

"'I was on the boat: The Life of Hector Powell, Freedom Seeker on the Waves," Sea History, 190 (Spring 2025), 22-26

Presentations

"The General Strike Militant: Considering Du Bois and the American Civil War." Organization of American Historians, Chicago, IL, April 2025

Awards and Fellowships

  • Scholarship Award, Abraham Lincoln Institute, 2024-25
  • Dissertation Fellowship, U.S. Army Center of Military History, 2024-25
  • Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowship, American Antiquarian Society, 2024-25
  • Vincent J. Dooley Distinguished Research Fellowship, Georgia Historical Society, 2024

Advisor(s)

Edda Fields-Black & Scott Sandage