Anne Mitchell Whisnant

Professor
Department of History
East Carolina University
United States Virgin Islands

Biography

Anne Mitchell Whisnant is Professor in Department of History of East Carolina University, USA.Anne Mitchell Whisnant is Professor in Department of History of East Carolina University, USA.

Research Intrest

Anne’s teaching, research, consulting, and writing, meanwhile, have focused on public history, digital history, and the history of the U.S. National Parks. In 2006, UNC Press published her book, Super-Scenic Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway History. Anne has also been the co-principal historian (with David Whisnant) on several National Park Service projects including an administrative history of De Soto National Memorial (FL) and a Historic Resource Study of Cape Lookout National Seashore (NC). Most recently, Anne chaired a task force commissioned by the Organization of American Historians and the National Park Service to study the state of historical practice within the Park Service. Its award-winning report, Imperiled Promise: The State of History in the National Park Service, is catalyzing change in the NPS.