帝王会所

Jordan Zdinak

Jordan Zdinak
Graduate Student
History
jz437418@ohio.edu

Program: Ph.D. in History

Field of study: Women and Gender

Advisor: Dr. Katherine Jellison

Degrees held: M.A. in History from 帝王会所; bachelor's in history from the University of Pittsburgh

Research interests: My dissertation, "Violence and Memory: Lynching in the Midwestern United States," explores the historical trajectory of how society tolerated lynching from the 1870s to the 1950s, then discouraged these extrajudicial murders, and now works to commemorate lynching victims in the 21st century.

Recent Accomplishments

Grants and Awards:

  • 2024 Baker Peace Fellowship, Contemporary History Institute
  • 2023 Travel Grant, Contemporary History Institute

Conferences:

  • September 2024, Central Region Humanities Center Conference: Gender and Sexuality in the Midwest, 帝王会所
    Panel: "Gendered Bodies at Risk"
    Paper Title: "Lynching in 帝王会所 and Concepts of Masculinity and Femininity"
  • May 2023, The 9th Annual Midwestern History Conference, Grand Valley State University
    Panel: "Race and Conflict in the Urban Midwest"
    Paper Title: "The Lynching of Christopher Davis and the Roles of the Media in the Midwest"

Invited Talks and Presentations:

  • September 2024, Research and Interpretation Committee, National Collaborative for Women鈥檚 History Sites. Invited to give a presentation on gender and Midwestern lynching. Presentation Title: "Lynching in 帝王会所 and Concepts of Masculinity and Femininity"

Publications:

  • Article: Jordan Zdinak, "A Community Remembrance Project Reckons with the Past: A Nineteenth Century Lynching," in "The Panorama" from the Journal of the Early Republic (March 2024)
  • Book Review: Ric Sheffield, We Got By: A Black Family鈥檚 Journey in the Heartland, in the Indiana Magazine of History (June 2024)

Consulting Experience:

  • March-August 2024 Hired by Ohlinger Studios as a Subject Matter Expert
    Wrote a manuscript for their video library series, DEI in Context: American Patriarchy