Professional Summary
Megan Westermeyer is a first year Masters student studying public history, and the intersection of pop culture and politics in American History. She graduated cum laude from the University of Cincinnati in 2022 with a Batchelors in History. She also graduated with certificates in European Studies, Museum Studies, and Historic Preservation. She was one of the Spring 2022 recipients of the Hilda Smith Prize for the Best Essay/Paper in Women's History given by the UC History Department.
For her Masters thesis, she is looking at when collegiate marching bands in Ohio decided to admit women as members, in which roles women were allowed to serve in at which times, and how those decisions correspond with various social movements in 20th century American History.
Education
B.A - History : University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH, 2022 (Public History, European Studies, Museum Studies, & Historic Preservation.)