Rebecca Wingo
@rebeccawingo.bsky.social
Settler Scholar
Assoc. Prof & Director of #PublicHistory
University of Cincinnati
Western & Indigenous History
Current Research: Photography, Apsáalooke, Wyandot(te), Rondo, Digital Archives
http://pronoun.is/she
Assoc. Prof & Director of #PublicHistory
University of Cincinnati
Western & Indigenous History
Current Research: Photography, Apsáalooke, Wyandot(te), Rondo, Digital Archives
http://pronoun.is/she
Three years ago, I received a mistaken email chronicling a presentation fiasco in which the speaker accidentally let a very audible fart rip - in the conference room with "the echo" no less!
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Three years ago, I received a mistaken email chronicling a presentation fiasco in which the speaker accidentally let a very audible fart rip - in the conference room with "the echo" no less!
1/ Four years ago, I approached the Wyandotte Nation with a proposal to replace a historical marker that described their removal as a “departure” and “journey.”
"To see someone else's voice telling something about ... a monumental piece of our history just didn't seem right," Heather Miller said.
"To see someone else's voice telling something about ... a monumental piece of our history just didn't seem right," Heather Miller said.
October 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
1/ Four years ago, I approached the Wyandotte Nation with a proposal to replace a historical marker that described their removal as a “departure” and “journey.”
"To see someone else's voice telling something about ... a monumental piece of our history just didn't seem right," Heather Miller said.
"To see someone else's voice telling something about ... a monumental piece of our history just didn't seem right," Heather Miller said.
Tomorrow we will unveil the first of 13 historical markers along the Wyandot Removal Trail. Our project has been 4 years in the making, and we are thrilled to take this first step where it all began in Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
October 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Tomorrow we will unveil the first of 13 historical markers along the Wyandot Removal Trail. Our project has been 4 years in the making, and we are thrilled to take this first step where it all began in Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
It's been a while, but I have exciting news! Our department is hiring a Digital Historian with a specialization in Early America. Help us spread the word by sharing this opportunity within your networks. #DigitalHistory #DH #HigherEdJobs
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Assistant Professor in Digital and Early American History, Department of History, College of A&S
Assistant Professor in Digital and Early American History, Department of History, College of A&S
jobs.uc.edu
October 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It's been a while, but I have exciting news! Our department is hiring a Digital Historian with a specialization in Early America. Help us spread the word by sharing this opportunity within your networks. #DigitalHistory #DH #HigherEdJobs
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
I had to run for the train this morning, which I feel is a Luxembourgish rite of passage. Also, indicative of my Sabbatical Life that I usually don't have anywhere to be at any particular time in the morning.
September 24, 2024 at 6:19 AM
I had to run for the train this morning, which I feel is a Luxembourgish rite of passage. Also, indicative of my Sabbatical Life that I usually don't have anywhere to be at any particular time in the morning.
Three years ago, a student entered my Public History class eager and excited. A month in he began disengaging. I watched his reactions to the material and the other students. It became increasingly clear that his stances were at odds with most students and that his joy history was diminishing.
September 19, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Three years ago, a student entered my Public History class eager and excited. A month in he began disengaging. I watched his reactions to the material and the other students. It became increasingly clear that his stances were at odds with most students and that his joy history was diminishing.
Reposted by Rebecca Wingo
I’m joining the starter pack train: here’s a bunch of historians of the American West here on Bluesky!
September 18, 2024 at 12:12 PM
I’m joining the starter pack train: here’s a bunch of historians of the American West here on Bluesky!
As a reminder, the deadline for the WHA's Trennert-Iverson Scholarship is tomorrow (June 15th). There's still time to get those applications in! We'll award two $500 scholarships to MA & PhD students to help defray the cost of attending the conference in Oct.
www.westernhistory.org/awards/trenn...
www.westernhistory.org/awards/trenn...
Trennert-Iverson Conference Scholarship
www.westernhistory.org
June 14, 2024 at 2:02 PM
As a reminder, the deadline for the WHA's Trennert-Iverson Scholarship is tomorrow (June 15th). There's still time to get those applications in! We'll award two $500 scholarships to MA & PhD students to help defray the cost of attending the conference in Oct.
www.westernhistory.org/awards/trenn...
www.westernhistory.org/awards/trenn...
Remember dial up and how the internet would release a death wail every time it connected to the internet?
Now it's me. I release the death wail.
Now it's me. I release the death wail.
April 26, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Remember dial up and how the internet would release a death wail every time it connected to the internet?
Now it's me. I release the death wail.
Now it's me. I release the death wail.
Disseminate is still one of my least favorite words, but academics love it. Do I start a Change.org or...?
April 24, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Disseminate is still one of my least favorite words, but academics love it. Do I start a Change.org or...?
My students are stressed about getting a dream job directly out of college. So I tell them about how I got my first museum job bc I used to manage a cafe with a robust catering schedule & they needed someone to coordinate school tours. Not all jobs are dream jobs, but all jobs are skill-building.
February 7, 2024 at 12:58 PM
My students are stressed about getting a dream job directly out of college. So I tell them about how I got my first museum job bc I used to manage a cafe with a robust catering schedule & they needed someone to coordinate school tours. Not all jobs are dream jobs, but all jobs are skill-building.
Today I learned that modern American fair culture traces back to Elkanah Watson and the Berkshire Society’s “cow show” in 1810. The thing that distinguishes American fairs from European predecessors?
I'll give you one guess.
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Yeah you got it. Capitalism.
I'll give you one guess.
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Yeah you got it. Capitalism.
January 24, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Today I learned that modern American fair culture traces back to Elkanah Watson and the Berkshire Society’s “cow show” in 1810. The thing that distinguishes American fairs from European predecessors?
I'll give you one guess.
....
....
....
Yeah you got it. Capitalism.
I'll give you one guess.
....
....
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Yeah you got it. Capitalism.
my colleague signed off on an email with
"yours, under water,"
and I feel this in my bones
"yours, under water,"
and I feel this in my bones
January 23, 2024 at 3:41 PM
my colleague signed off on an email with
"yours, under water,"
and I feel this in my bones
"yours, under water,"
and I feel this in my bones
Today's Coffeeshop Chronicles include two women trying to get an older gentleman on their side in what they have dubbed "The Dog Park Fight."
January 12, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Today's Coffeeshop Chronicles include two women trying to get an older gentleman on their side in what they have dubbed "The Dog Park Fight."
Me, on January 3rd, scheduling a meeting for June 21st.
January 3, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Me, on January 3rd, scheduling a meeting for June 21st.
My sister was watching one of her favorite fashion historian YouTubers and lo and behold, she cited me. This might be the first time my sister has been excited about anything I've published.
Bet she still won't read it though. 🤣
Bet she still won't read it though. 🤣
December 20, 2023 at 1:47 PM
My sister was watching one of her favorite fashion historian YouTubers and lo and behold, she cited me. This might be the first time my sister has been excited about anything I've published.
Bet she still won't read it though. 🤣
Bet she still won't read it though. 🤣
We are fortunate at UC to have a generous endowment through the Taft Research Center. I was just awarded an additional release to extend my sabbatical a full year.
I should also announce that I will spend 2 months as a research fellow at the University of Luxembourg's C2DH. AY 24-25 FTW!
I should also announce that I will spend 2 months as a research fellow at the University of Luxembourg's C2DH. AY 24-25 FTW!
December 18, 2023 at 3:19 PM
We are fortunate at UC to have a generous endowment through the Taft Research Center. I was just awarded an additional release to extend my sabbatical a full year.
I should also announce that I will spend 2 months as a research fellow at the University of Luxembourg's C2DH. AY 24-25 FTW!
I should also announce that I will spend 2 months as a research fellow at the University of Luxembourg's C2DH. AY 24-25 FTW!
Forget hands -- are you right screened or left screened?
December 15, 2023 at 1:24 PM
Forget hands -- are you right screened or left screened?
There's always a network if you tilt your head and squint just right. These are Crows farming cooperatively derived from 1915 & 1922 survey data.
December 10, 2023 at 4:33 PM
There's always a network if you tilt your head and squint just right. These are Crows farming cooperatively derived from 1915 & 1922 survey data.
Okay but why does DayQuil make their medicine so hard to open? I'm a weak, ill, history physician, not a marine with expertise in safecracking.
December 4, 2023 at 2:20 PM
Okay but why does DayQuil make their medicine so hard to open? I'm a weak, ill, history physician, not a marine with expertise in safecracking.
Reposted by Rebecca Wingo
History friends: does anyone have any fun/interesting/unusual ways they teach a survey class? Looking for inspiration!
(Mine will be approx 25 students and second half of US Survey)
(Mine will be approx 25 students and second half of US Survey)
November 28, 2023 at 4:18 PM
History friends: does anyone have any fun/interesting/unusual ways they teach a survey class? Looking for inspiration!
(Mine will be approx 25 students and second half of US Survey)
(Mine will be approx 25 students and second half of US Survey)
Last night I had nightmares about a student pouring contact lenses full of blood into my eyes and stabbing me repeatedly in the left eye with a needle. Anyway, I'm doing fine, thanks for asking.
November 28, 2023 at 3:31 AM
Last night I had nightmares about a student pouring contact lenses full of blood into my eyes and stabbing me repeatedly in the left eye with a needle. Anyway, I'm doing fine, thanks for asking.
Just revising some grad papers and imparting all my best wisdom.
November 27, 2023 at 8:36 PM
Just revising some grad papers and imparting all my best wisdom.
Academic Confessional
Despite having one for the past 15 years, I still don't know if an MA is Master's or Masters, so I just never write it out.
What's yours?
Despite having one for the past 15 years, I still don't know if an MA is Master's or Masters, so I just never write it out.
What's yours?
November 14, 2023 at 1:01 PM
Academic Confessional
Despite having one for the past 15 years, I still don't know if an MA is Master's or Masters, so I just never write it out.
What's yours?
Despite having one for the past 15 years, I still don't know if an MA is Master's or Masters, so I just never write it out.
What's yours?
I have a PhD student who -- after 4 WEEKS -- finally found a clue to the name of a Black woman she's writing about from the 1890s. The three white men involved are all named. This is what historians mean when they talk about the difficulty in reconstituting the lives of marginalized people.
November 13, 2023 at 6:16 PM
I have a PhD student who -- after 4 WEEKS -- finally found a clue to the name of a Black woman she's writing about from the 1890s. The three white men involved are all named. This is what historians mean when they talk about the difficulty in reconstituting the lives of marginalized people.