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Mary Battenfeld

Clinical Professor of American Studies; 2020 Public Impact Scholar

Mary Battenfeld comes to BU’s American and New England Studies Program from Wheelock College, where she was a tenured full professor of Humanities and Chair of General Education. At Wheelock, she served on numerous faculty committees, including Faculty Senate and Curriculum Committee, and in 2012  was awarded the Edward H. Ladd Award for Academic Excellence and Service.  She is also the former President of the New England American Studies Association, and has been a Fulbright Scholar, and an NEH fellow at Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.