M.A.H.P. Thesis Abstracts
2025 McCullough Award for Best Thesis
Jacqueline Shin, M.A.H.P. 鈥�24, received the 2025 McCullough Award for her thesis, The Right to Privacy: A Call for a More Inclusive Practice. Her work explores how preservation practices can better reflect diverse stories and promote narrative equity.
A student鈥檚 academic career in the M.A. in Historic Preservation (M.A.H.P.) program culminates in a written thesis. Each student selects a topic in consultation with faculty during Thesis Proposal and works with that faculty member and two other thesis committee members who are experts in the topic selected.
Below are abstracts of theses completed in the M.A.H.P. program. If you are interested
in obtaining a copy of the full thesis, please visit the or email M.A.H.P. director, Melanie Lytle.
Previous McCullough Award Recipients
2025 Cory France 鈥�
2024 Tristram Evans 鈥�
2023 Elizabeth Cohan 鈥�
2022 Meghan Diehl 鈥�
2020 Nancy LaPira 鈥�
2019 Samantha Travis 鈥�
2018 Denice Dressel 鈥�
2017 Jennifer Sparenberg 鈥�
2016 Mar铆a F. Lopez-Martinez 鈥�
2015 Carin Ruff 鈥�
2014 Laura A. Kirn 鈥�
2013 Aimee K. Jorjani 鈥�
2012 Michael J. Kassman 鈥�
2011 Keith W. Park 鈥�
2009 Robert T. Bryant 鈥�
2008 Sarah G. Michailof 鈥�
2007 Rebekah K. Wood 鈥�
2006 Gina M. Tann
2005 Fred R. Smith 鈥�
2004 Edith B. Wallace 鈥�
2003 Barbara A. Casey 鈥�
2002 James K. Hare 鈥�
2001 Jennifer M. Perunko 鈥�
2000 Anna R. Von Lunz 鈥�
1999 Jan M. Eakins 鈥�
1998 Robert C. Benedict 鈥�