Dylan O’Hara

Ph.D. Candidate

Chief Editor

Dylan O’Hara is a Ph.D. candidate in the History Department at the University of Maine. Her research focuses on the power dynamics of urban development in the mid twentieth century United States and responses by leftist activist movements. Dylan earned her B.A. at Connecticut College in 2017, and her M.A. from the University of Texas, San Antonio in 2019. Her most recent work looks at the local and state power dynamics of urban renewal in the Northeast.

Savannah Clark

Ph.D. Candidate

Editing Coordinator

Savannah is a Ph.D. student in the field of American History. She received an M.A. in history from the University of Maine in 2022 and a B.A. in history and religious studies from Gettysburg College in 2019. Savannah is currently working as a teaching assistant and her research interests include early American history, Maine history, the American Civil War, female identity during the antebellum and Civil War eras, and religious history.

David Coombs

Ph.D. Candidate

Editing Coordinator

David Coombs is a Ph.D. candidate and part-time lecturer in the History Department at the University of Maine. His research examines the effects of government deregulation and corporate centralization in late twentieth century New England, as seen through the eyes of the trucking industry. David earned both his B.A. in philosophy and M.A. in English and education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2016 and 2019 respectively. His most recent work investigates the intersecting roles of the Teamsters union, deregulation, and the trucking industry-in-transition during a 564-day strike involving Coles Express of Maine in 1982.

Evan Zarkadas, M.A.

Alumni, 2022

Design Coordinator

Evan is a 2022 UMaine history alumni. He received his B.A. in History and Political Science from the University of Maine at Presque Isle in 2020, and his M.A. in European History from the University of Maine in 2022. Evan's research focuses on Medieval identity, ethnicity and belonging while also he is interested in the relationships between various groups of Europeans during the Middle Ages, and how their cultural subsistence influenced the later development of modern nations and identity.