Danielle Raad, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of History and Museum Studies

Public Historian | Anthropologist | Archaeologist | Curator | Educator

Danielle Raad is on the faculty in the Department of History and the Interdisciplinary Program in Museum Studies at the University of Georgia.

She is a public historian, anthropologist, archaeologist, and curator with a focus on how people in the present make meaning from the material culture—art, artifacts, and historic sites—of the past.

Danielle Raad, portrait

Recently

Books

Above the Oxbow: Stories Entangled with a Mountain

A journey through the tangle of rich narratives surrounding Mount Holyoke, a locally cherished mountain in Western Massachusetts.

Writing & Essays

Objects as Teachers: Why Slow Looking Changes Learning

Object-based teaching starts with pace. Rather than moving quickly through a slideshow, students spend sustained time…

Courses & Syllabus

Museum Studies in Atlanta

Short-term intensive domestic field study course.

Talks and Engagements

Above the Oxbow: History and Memory on Mount Holyoke

May 2, 2026 · Forbes Library · Book Talk

Excerpt test? I don't actually see where this ends up.