Museum studies, memory studies, temporality, dissensus, political subjectivity, and cultural policy
Eric W. Ross is a Term Instructor at Mason Korea and a PhD candidate in Cultural Studies at George Mason University. He holds a B.A. in English from Carthage College and an M.A. in American Studies from the University of South Florida.
His dissertation examines activist history museums from the United States and Canada that have been influential in their local, national, and international contexts and aims to capture the ways these museums have utilized the museum form to shape and challenge dominant historical discourse(s) and political subject formation by centering memories and histories that are left out or marginalized within the national imaginary, employing alternative temporalities to challenge those narratives, and encouraging visitors to become activists themselves
In 2021 he was a residential fellow with the Center for Humanities Research at George Mason University and has previously served as a graduate lecturer with the School of Integrative Studies and the Honors College
2021-22 - Doctoral Research Scholar Fellowship, GMU Office of the Provost
Fall 2021 - Graduate Residential Fellowship, GMU Center for Humanities Research
CULT 320: Globalization and Culture
HNRS 260: Museums and Public Memory
INTS 101: Narratives of Identity
INTS 245: Visual Culture and Society
INTS 304: Social Movements and Community Activism
INTS 320: Social Construction of Difference: Gender, Race, and Class
University of South Florida, American Studies, MA
Carthage College, English, BA
Presenter: “They Remain the Challenges of Today” Black Reconstruction at the National Museum of African American History and Culture; Memory Studies Association Annual Conference; Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, July 3-7, 2023
Panelist: Analysing Museums’ Memory Work – A Methodologies Workshop; Memory Studies Association Annual Conference; Newcastle, UK, July 3-7, 2023
Presenter: “Washington Revelations” The Museum of the Bible and Evangelical Activism; Cultural Studies Association Annual Conference; Fairfax, VA, June 1-4, 2023
Spring 2022 Colloquium Series w/ Dr. Katherine Hite -- Second Nature Podcast
Social Justice Educators roundtable -- Second Nature Podcast
"Just Urban Futures" -- Interview with Ashley Dawson