Author: Ushriya

Author: Ushriya

Professional Credentials

  • Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan
  • MA, University of Michigan
  • BA, Lewis & Clark College

Personal Statement

I serve as volunteer co-director of the Northwest History Network because it is an an opportunity and context for independent historians to support each other’s work and to advocate for history. I’ve conducted research in a wide-variety of topical areas to help inform projects including exhibit and media design, environmental cleanup, litigation, public programs, and public policy.

Areas of Specialization

  • Research
  • Evaluations
  • Program and project management
  • Grant writing
  • 20th century U.S. political culture
  • Oral history
  • Education
  • Gender studies

Selected Positions, Projects, and Publications

  • Content Director, Night & Day Studios
  • Program Manager, Center for Columbia River History
  • Program Manager and Grant Director, Educational Service District 112

Contact Information:
503-240-3344
mary.wheeler@gmail.com

Sarah Stroman

Professional Credentials

  • BA, Linguistics, UC Santa Barbara
  • MLIS, San Jose State University

Personal Statement

Archivist: Solving mysteries without having to worry about all that pesky crime.

Areas of Specialization

  • Archives
  • Archives & Records Management
  • Historical Research
  • Library Sciences
  • Museums
  • Portland Metro Area

 Professional Associations

  • Northwest History Network
  • Oregon Historical Society

Selected Positions, Projects, and Publications

  • William Wallace Papers, Gene Autry Center, Los Angeles, California
  • Manuscript cataloging project, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Oregon

Contact Information:
stroshimi@ucsbalum.net

Professional Credentials

  • Ph.D. in history, Loyola University, Chicago
  • Oral Historian, Oregon Historical Society, 1986-2001
  • Chair, Oregon Labor Oral History Project, 2008-present

Personal Statement

I subscribe to the Oral History Association’s “Principles and Best Practices.” My emphasis in helping guide an oral history is on the complete life story.

Areas of Specialization

  • Oral History

Professional Associations

  • Oral History Association
  • Northwest Oral History Association
  • Pacific Northwest Labor History Association (President 1991-1993; Newsletter editor 1989-1991)
  • Oregon Labor Oral History Project

Selected Positions, Projects and Publications

  • “Production in Oral History–Second Thoughts,” NOHA Newsletter (Fall 1997).
  • “The Place of Biography in Oral History,” NOHA Newsletter (Fall 1998, Spring 1999).

Contact Information:
503-236-1094
strassj@spiritone.com