Abby Gruber is in her final year of the PhD program here at Temple. She received her B.S.Ed. in Social Studies Education and her M.A. in History from Millersville University in 2015 and 2017, respectively.
Throughout her graduate studies at Millersville, Abby was a research consultant for the National Museum of Bermuda, where she conducted archival research and transcribed materials held in collection at the Bermuda National Archives.
During the 2018-2019 year, Abby served as the Allen F. Davis Fellow for Public History. During this year and beyond, she worked on a variety of ongoing projects alongside the affiliated faculty of Temple's Center for Public History. Such projects included "The Forgotten Flu: Philadelphia and the Spanish Flu of 1918" with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health and "Inequality in Bronze: Monumental Plantation Legacies" in collaboration with Stenton, Logan House in Germantown.
Her research support of the project at Stenton inspired her dissertation project, which focuses on the National Society of Colonial Dames of America and their early campaigns around historic preservation and public memory of Colonial and Revolutionary America across Philadelphia and beyond.
Beyond her work as a PhD Candidate, Abby works as a Senior Program Manager in Temple's Office of Education Abroad and Overseas Campuses. During her (albeit limited) free time, Abby is an avid Phillies and Flyers fan and a dabbling embroiderer who loves spending time with her partner, Alex, and their feline son, Moo Moo.
Faculty Advisor: Seth Bruggeman