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David Strittmatter is Associate Professor of History, and he oversees public history initiatives at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½. His research interests include memory, preservation, and tourism. His first book, Memory, Heritage, and Preservation in 20th-Century England, explores how battlefields, political sites, and world’s fairgrounds develop as heritage sites. Since 2019, Strittmatter has directed the Kent State Guardsmen Oral History Project, which is a collection of interviews with Ohio National Guardsmen involved in the campus shootings of May 4th, 1970. He is also the principal organizer of the Ray Brown Project, a multi-stage effort to commemorate the Negro Leagues pitcher and Baseball Hall of Famer. For the 2025-26 academic year, Strittmatter serves as the President of the Ohio Academy of History.
Classes Taught:
World War I; Tudor/Stuart England; History of Italy; The Titanic; Contemporary Europe; World War Memory in Normandy & the Western Front; Baseball in American Culture; Western Civilization II; Introduction to Public History; Heritage Preservation; Material Culture
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