TRA Public Historian – Dr. Michael Patrick Cullinane
The TRA Public Historian is the primary academic advocate for the Theodore Roosevelt Association and its mission.
The Public Historian aims to enhance the TRA’s visibility, foster scholarship, strengthen partnerships, and represent the TRA in public forums.
The Public Historian works with TRA leadership to develop and implement strategic initiatives, outreach, recruitment, media relations, and scholarship.
Dr. Michael Patrick Cullinane is Professor of History and the Lowman Walton Chair of Theodore Roosevelt Studies at Dickinson State University is the Public Historian of the Theodore Roosevelt Association and the author of Theodore Roosevelt’s Ghost: The History and Memory of an American Icon, which won the TRA book prize in 2018.
Explore some of his work on the scholarship of Theodore Roosevelt here:
Recent Endeavors
The Theodore Roosevelt Association in the Adirondacks
June 2024
In the northernmost reaches of New York State, the six-million-acre Adirondack State Park offers a sanctuary of lakes and old-growth forests. Its unrivaled natural beauty includes the headwaters of the mighty Hudson River and forth-six High Peaks, which attracts campers in the summer and skiers in the winter.
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2026 Public Historian Event to be announced soon.