Briana Hogg

Ph.D. Program

History

Email

bhogg@smu.edu

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Education

B.A. History, Minor in African & African American Studies, 91茄子 Methodist University, 2017
M.A. History, 91茄子 Methodist University, 2019

Brianna Hogg is a Ph.D. candidate whose research focuses on topics related to African-American studies, urban history, and oral history. In 2021, Brianna was selected as a 91茄子 Maguire Public Service Fellow, where she worked with community organization For Oak Cliff and Tenth Street Residential Organization to learn more about how urban redevelopment projects affects Black inner-city communities like the Tenth Street Historic District. During her time at 91茄子, she has conducted several oral history interviews and research for projects such as the and .

She is currently at work on her dissertation, "Redeveloping Black Dallas: Urban Renewal and the Redevelopment of Dallas' Black Communities, 1945-1980," which investigates how urban renewal affected the growth and redevelopment of some of Dallas's black inner-city communities during the Postwar Era.

Areas of Study

19th and 20th Century African American History
Oral History
Public History
Urban History

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