Denise D. Meringolo

Denise D. Meringolo is Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She received her PhD in American Studies from The George Washington University. She currently serves as the Immediate Past President of the National Council on Public History (2026-2028). Her first book Museums, Monuments, and National Parks: Toward a New Genealogy of Public History (University of Massachusetts, 2012) won the 2013 National Council on Public History prize for the best book in the field. Her second book, Radical Roots: Public History, and a Tradition of Social Justice Activism, began as a collaborative research project for which she served as primary investigator, research contributor, and collection editor. The book identifies new historical precedents for core values and practices that define the field, particularly those associated with civic engagement and social justice.