Dr. Jennifer Lemak

Chief Curator of History
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Doctor of Philosophy, American History, University at Albany, 2004
Master of Arts, Public History, University at Albany, 2000 
Bachelor of Arts, History and Secondary Social Studies in Education, State University of New York College at Cortland, 1996

Professional Affiliations and Service
New York History journal, co-editor  
New York Academy of History, fellow (inducted 2014)
New York State Historic Preservation, board member
University at Albany Center for Applied Historical Research,boardmember

Prior to my current position as the chief curator of history, I served as the senior historian/curator of social history for a decade. My major exhibition and publication projects include Votes for Women: Celebrating New York’s Suffrage Centennial (2017) and An Irrepressible Conflict: The Empire State in the Civil War (2012).  I am also the author of Southern Life, Northern City: The History of Albany’s Rapp Road (SUNY Press, 2008), which focused on a community that migrated to Albany from Shubuta, Mississippi, and the greater migration experience in Albany.

My on-going research projects are on different ends of the history-content spectrum. Since the suffrage centennial in 2020, I have been researching the history of the Equal Rights Amendment in New York State.  Additionally, I am studying the influence New Yorkers had on Mark Twain’s life and writing.

Publications

2007

D. Mazeau, M.S. LoRusso 2007, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1941.08.121, East Street Bridge, Fort Edward, Washington County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
D. Mazeau 2007, Cultural Resources Site Examination Report for PIN 0054.05.124, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York.. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York

2006

Hutson, S., Magnoni, A., Mazeau, D., Stanton, T., 2006. The Archaeology of Urban Households at Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico, in: Mathews, J.P., Morrison, B.A. (Eds.), The Northern Lowlands: New Approaches to Archaeology in the Yucatan Peninsula. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, pp. 77-99.
C. Rieth, D. Mazeau 2006, Cultural Resources Data Recovery Plan for the Naimia Site, PIN 0054.05.124, Route 347 from the Northern State Parkway to Route 25A, Town of Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
D. Mazeau, V. Schmitt 2006, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2134.27.121, NY Rte 5, Between Higinbotham Brook and Oneida Creek, City of Oneida, Madison County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York

2005

D. Mazeau, M.S. LoRusso 2005, Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey for PIN 1940.98.101, Ryder Road Detour, Village and Town of Whitehall, Washington County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
D. Mazeau 2005, DEC Ridge Environmental Center, Village of Ridge, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
B. Dahlin, T. Beach, S. Luzzadder-Beach, D. Hixson, S. Hudson, A. Mangnoni, E. Mansell, D. Mazeau 2005, Reconstructing Agricultural Self-Sufficiency at Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico, Ancient Mesoamerica 16, 229-247. 10.1017/S0956536105050212

2004

D. Mazeau 2004, Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3287.15.121, NYS Route 370, From the Village of Cato to the Village of Meridian, Town of Cato, Cayuga County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York
D. Mazeau, B. Dale, M. Boyle 2004, Rt.2 Bridge Replacement Over the Lil’ Hoosick, Town of Petersburgh, Rensselaer County, New York. . Presented at the ,, Albany, New York