Marcus P. Smith

African-American History; History of the American South; 20th-Century Social Movements; Black Political Thought; Public History; Community-Based Research; Oral History; Historic Preservation; Museology

Research Assistant (2022-2024)

Dr. Yolanda Covington-Ward, Professor and Chair, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies

• Created annotated bibliographies for literature related to Black Body Studies for inclusion for publication consideration in a Black Body Studies Reader.
• Built project database to organize sources and related materials and completed administrative and research duties as assigned.

2024      Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies

2024.     History and Interpretive Fellow, Du Bois Freedom Center, Great Barrington, MA

2024      Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst

2024      W.E.B. Du Bois Center Graduate Fellowship, W.E.B. Du Bois Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst

2024      Ankh Maat Wedjau Honor Society, National Council for Black Studies

2024      Access Award, Vernacular Architecture Forum

2024      Graduate Student Travel Award, National Council on Public History

2023      W.E.B. Du Bois Homestead Fellowship, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of History

2023      Dr. Charles K. Hyde Public History Fellowship, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of                  History

2023      Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship,

2023      Dr. Tsehloane C. Keto Fellowship, National Council for Black Studies

2021      Research Enhancement and Leadership Fellowship, University of Massachusets Amherst

2020      J. Herman Blake and Emily L. Moore Award for Research in Black Panther Party Collections, Emory               University

2020      Terry Kershaw Graduate Student Essay Contest 2nd Place, "The Impact of Psychological Reactions and               Decentralized Organizational Structure in the Counter-Revolutionary Post-Independence Outcomes for               Algerian Women," National Council of Black Studies

2016      Dr. Kwame Nkrumah International Study Abroad Scholarship, University of Houston

2024     "Documenting Black Life in Bellevue: Past and Present Visions of an African American Cultural Landscape               Along the Chesapeake," Roundtable, Vernacular Architecture Forum, Keweenaw, MI, (June 12th-15th)               

2024     "Public History, Climate Change, and the Black Lived Ecosystem," National Council on Public History,               Salt Lake City, UT, (April 9th-13th)

2024     "Envisioning the Future: Black Studies and the Graduate Student Experience," National Council for Black               Studies, San Jose, CA, (March 6th-9th)

2023     "The Bellevue Passage Museum and Historic Preservation as Activism and Resistance," Association for the               Study of African American Life  and History, Jacksonville, FL, (September 20th-30th)

2023     "The Past is Present: The Bellevue Passage Museum and Historic Preservation as Activism and Resistance,"              National Council for Black Studies, Gainesville, FL, (March 22nd-25th)

2020     "The Impact of Psychological Reactions and Decentralized Organizational Structure in the Counter-              Revolutionary Post-Independence Outcomes for Algerian Women," National Council for Black Studies,              Atlanta, GA, 2020, (March 11th-14th)

2016     "The Algerian Revolution: Algerian Women Before, After, and During; The Dynamics of Social Change,"              National Council for Black Studies, Charlotte, NC, (March 17th-19th)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

2022     "Black Life in Bellevue: African-American Historical Preservation as Political and Cultural Activism and               Resistance," Department of History Internship Report Out, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA,               October 19th

2021     "Counter-Assimilation: Fanon's 'Defense Mechanism' and Post-Independence Outcomes for Algerian               Women," W.E.B. DuBois Department of Afro-American Studies Student Workshop Series,"                             University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, October 21st

Georgia State University

2021    “The Black Panther and Mother Country Radicals: Black-White Alliances and Coalitions During the Black               Power Movement,” African-American Studies Department Graduate Research Colloquium, Georgia State               University, GA, April 29th

2021      Panelist, "Peer-To-Peer Panel: African-American Studies 1st Year Graduate Student Orientation,"                             Department of African-American Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, August 19th

2020      Panelist, "My Culture is Not Your Costume: A Discussion on Cultural Appropriation," Georgia State               University, Atlanta, GA, October 2nd

2020      Panelist, "Exploring the Cultures: Cultural Exploration of Latin Americans and the African Diaspora,"               Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, February 18th

University of Massachusetts Amherst, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies

Instructor of Record

History of the Civil Rights Movement (Spring 2024)

Teaching Assistant

Introduction to African-American History: 1619-1860 (Fall 2023)

Introduction to Afro-American History: Civil War to 1954 (Spring 2023)

History of the Civil Rights Movement (Fall 2022)

The African Diaspora and the War on Drugs (Spring 2022)

African American History Since 1865

Black Political Thought

Museum and Historic Site Interpretation

Community-Based Research Methods

Public History

2023     Advanced Oral History Summer Institute, University of California, Berkeley

2023     Oral History Center Introductory Workshop, University of California, Berkeley

2022     Black Life in Bellevue Historical Preservation and Heritage Preservation Field School, Washington College

2024     The Association of African American Museums (AAAM)

2024     Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF)

2023     Association for the Study of African-American Life and History (ASALH)

2023     National Council on Public History (NCPH)

2016     National Council for Black Studies (NCBS)

University Service

University of Massachusetts Amherst, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, 2021-Present

2023-2024    W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies Graduate Research Symposium                                          Planning  Committee

2023-2023         Planning Committee for Professor John H. Bracey Jr. Symposium & Memorial

2022-2024         Graduate Studies Committee, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, Graduate                            Student Representative

2022-2024         Graduate Advisory Board for the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, W.E.B. Du Bois Department                            of Afro-American Studies, Graduate Student Representative

2022-2024         Afro-American Studies Graduate Council, Co-Founder

Service to Profession

2024-Present    National Council on Public History, Grassroots Public History Award Committee

2023-Present    National Council for Black Studies, Board Member; Student Committee; Conference Planning                           Committee

Community Involvement and Outreach

2023-Present    W.E.B. Du Bois Freedom Center, Programming and Interpretation Committee, Great Barrington,                            MA