Our guest today is Tammy Proctor, Distinguished Professor of History and former Chair of the History at Utah State University in the lovely Cache Valley in Northern Utah. A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Tammy earned undergraduate degrees in Journalism and History at the University of Missouri, then a MA and PhD in History at Rutgers. Her previous university positions include the H.O. Hirt Professor of History at Wittenberg University in Ohio and Assistant Professor at Lakeland College in Wisconsin. Tammy is a war and society scholar of The Great War, focusing on civilian/non-combatant experiences and gender. Her many books include Female Intelligence: Women and Espionage in the First World War (NYU Press), Civilians in a World at War, 1914-1918 (NYU Press), Gender and the Great War (co-edited with Susan Grayzel, Oxford University Press), and An English Governess in the Great War: The Secret Brussels Diary of Mary Thorp (co-authored with Sophie de Schaepdrijver, Oxford University Press). Tammy is also a scholar of the Scouting movement and has published several works on that topic, including Scouting for Girls: A Century of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (Praeger) and On My Honour: Guides and Scouts in Interwar Britain (American Philosophical Society). Her current research is on American humanitarian aid to Europe during the war. Among many awards, Tammy was named Researcher of the Year for 2019 by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Utah State University, she was a Fulbright Scholar in Belgium in 2004-2005, and is a Fellow of the International Society for First World War Studies. She served on the Utah World War I Centennial Commission and the Utah State University War Memorial Planning Committee. Very, very busy!
Join us for our chat with Tammy about getting into history, how World War I became her focus of study, being a Department Head, Kansas City, hiking in Utah, and dealing with the cold and snow in the Cache Valley. And, of course, BBQ, and Tammy's favorite Girl Scout cookie! Enjoy as well Tammy deftly deflecting Bill's "Girl Scouts are Fascists" bait and a cut of an extended Girl Scout cookie discussion between Brian and Bill during the break. Smart cookies.
Rec. 01/11/2022
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