Erin Krutko Devlin
Associate Professor and American Studies Program Coordinator
American Studies, Public History and Museum Studies, 20th Century US History
Office: Monroe 231
Phone: 540-654-1480
Email: edevlin@umw.edu
Erin Krutko Devlin earned her PhD in American Studies at the College of William and Mary. She currently serves as the American Studies Program Coordinator, and offers courses in American Studies, Public History and Museum Studies, and 20th century US history. She also regularly supervises internships for students with placements in museums, archives, and historic sites. Her research is focused on community memory, public history, and civil rights. She recently completed a historic resource study focused on segregation and African American visitation in Virginia’s national parks.
Courses:
HIST 131: American History to 1865
HIST 132: American History Since 1865
HIST 200D2: American Women’s History
HIST 308: US Labor History
HIST 330: Introduction to Public History
HIST 441: Oral History
AMST 201: Introduction to American Studies
AMST 202A: US National Parks
AMST 203: American Protest
AMST 306: Museums in the US
AMST 308: Civil Rights and American Memory
Selected Publications and Interviews
Segregation in Virginia’s National Parks, 1916-1965. Washington, DC: Department of Interior,July 2022.
Remember Little Rock. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2017.
“Jim Crow in the Great Outdoors,” March 2020, With Good Reason.
“Segregation in the Parks,” August 2019, National Parks Traveler, Episode 26.
“What do Public History Employers Want?” interview with the Organization of American Historians Amplified Initiate, April 2018.
