Emily Muhich holds a B.S. in History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science from Michigan State University (2019) and an M.A. (2021) and PhD (2024) in U.S. History from Louisiana State University. Emily’s research explores late-nineteenth and twentieth century education policy in the United States and the way schools engaged with racial, religious and geographic inequalities. In her teaching and research, she explores the way groups and individuals use shared public entities like schools and popular culture to advance their rights and privileges.
Publications
Emily Muhich, “”In The Beginning: Kentucky and the Failure of the First Anti-Evolution Legislation,” Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 121 no. 3 (2023): 203-233.
Emily Muhich “Book Review: The Wild Woman of Cincinnati: Gender and Politics on the Eve of the Civil War by Michael D. Pierson,” Civil War Book Review 25 no. 3 (2023).
Awards
Richard H. Collins Award for the most outstanding contribution to Kentucky History in 2023 (2024).
Research Fellowships
Fred C. Frey Dissertation Fellow (2023-2024)
Kentucky Historical Society Research Fellow (2022)
Media
Kentucky Chronicles: A Podcast of the Kentucky Historical Society Guest Historian, Vol. 1 No. 8 (2024).