Wyatt Erchak

PhD Student

Education

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

Interest Area(s)

19^th century U.S. history and culture; Atlantic World; American South; Civil War; slavery; revolution; violence and power; memory and tradition; environmental history; history from below; visual storytelling

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