ELYSSA FORD
Gender & Sexuality Scholar * Local Historian * Public Historian
Digital History Projects
Digital history is an important part of public history work. As an educator, much of my digital history work is as a project director. I train students, guide their work, act as an editor, and update and maintain the projects. The work showcased below is focused on either Nodaway County (Missouri) and my own research and projects.
Nodaway County
Digital History Project
The Nodaway County Digital History Project was launched in 2012 and is dedicated to documenting and making public the history of Nodaway County.
This is a collaborative project with the Nodaway County Historical Society in Maryville (Missouri). Under the direction of Elyssa Ford, Ph.D., the websites, oral histories, lesson plans, and other project components have been designed by community partners, volunteers, and undergraduate students at Northwest Missouri State University.
The resources made public as a part of this project allow students, educators, researchers, and community residents to learn more about Nodaway County in northwestern Missouri.
CLICK HERE to visit this project.
Northwest Coronavirus Stories
Working collaboratively with colleagues at Northwest Missouri State University, I was part of a team that created a digital project to collect stories from northwestern Missouri, with a focus on the university, about COVID-19. Over a two year period, this project gathered more than 400 entries.
