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From: "Elizabeth Shown Mills" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Others with genealogical expertise
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 13:22:58 -0600
In-Reply-To: <1170857584.45c9de70920bc@secure.aros.net>

As with proofreading headlines, the most obvious things are often the one
missed! My apologies to perhaps our best-known genealogist who is also a
professor of history: Wendy Elliott.

Incidentally, my "starter list" did not include our highly skilled
colleagues with master's degrees because Sharon explicitly referred to PhDs
(in relevant fields) when discussing criteria that institutions expected
from their faculty. No offense meant to all the MAs in history (including my
daughter, who also has completed the coursework for her doctorate in
history, but does not yet have that critical degree :).

In evaluating prospects for structuring a degree program, we also have to
consider what department it would fall under and what the criteria of that
department might be. While a PhD in Anysubject is a wondrous thing, if a
family history program is created under the auspices of, say, a history
department, a PhD in other subjects are rarely acceptable. If a family
history program were developed in an interdisciplinary school such as
"American Studies" or "African American Studies," then there is some more
leeway, but the subject areas from which PhDs can be drawn will still be
limited. Hence, my "starter list" did not include some very good
genealogists with genealogical credentials as well. (The latter are also
important for the faculty of a degree program in genealogy, no?)

Elizabeth

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