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Dr. William
Lang, Director (1991-2003) 
Dr. Lang was one of the original founders of
the CCRH, which he directed until stepping down in 2003 to spend
more time developing the Public History graduate program at
Portland State University. A former editor at Montana
Magazine, Dr. Lang has long been a proponent of scholarly and
accessible public history. He has authored or edited six books
on regional history, including Confederacy of Ambition: William
Winlock Miller and the Making of Washington Territory (1996)
and Great River of the West: Essays on the Columbia River
(University of Washington Press, 1999). He currently teaches
environmental, regional, and Public history courses at Portland
State University.
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| Dr. Laurie Mercier was CCRH's associate
director from 1995-2002 after having worked in the Pacific Northwest
as a professional historian since 1981. At CCRH she supervised
the development of this website and the community history sites
on it, and organize conferences, lectures, forums, and performances.
Her book, Anaconda, came out in 2001. Dr. Mercier is currently
an associate professor of History at Washington State University,
Vancouver. |
| Ang Reidell was the CCRH program coordinator
from 1999-2003. She
received a graduate degree in history from the University of Minnesota,
specializing in American Women’s History and Immigration
History.
Before she came to CCRH Ang worked at the Minnesota Historical
Society. She spearheaded CCRH's involvement with National History
Day and directed the Vancouver African American History project.
She now lives in Florida. |
| Kathy Tucker participated in CCRH as a
Graduate Research Assistant on the Camas Community History Project.
Kathy is a Masters student at Portland State University and has
worked for the Oregon Historical Society. |
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Dr. Deb Sutphen, post-doctural fellow (1998-99), completed
an oral history research project titled, "Women
and Timber: The Pacific Northwest Logging Community, 1920-1997,"
developed the CRBP's "Columbia Communities" Moses
Lake Web Site, and taught a service-learning public history
Capstone courses at Portland
State University during her stay with CCRH. She earned her Ph.D.
in U.S. and Public History from Washington State University.
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