About Megan Scallan, Ph.D.

Dr. Megan Scallan is a Curator, Educator, and Historian with twenty years of experience in museums, archives, and universities. She also works with small businesses and private clients on project providing high quality historical research, oral histories, digitalizing collections, fine art support services, educational programming, and exhibitions.

Dr. Scallan has a Doctorate in Atlantic History from Florida International University. She also has a Master's in History from the University of Alabama, Huntsville; a Graduate Certificate in Museum Collections and Preservation Care from George Washington University; a Certificate in Women's Entrepreneurship from Cornell University; and a Bachelor's in History and Art History from the University of North Florida. Her academic research focuses on Material Culture, studying goods, objects, and buildings, especially how people buy, trade, and live daily life. Her work shows how objects, leftovers, and spaces help us understand history. Megan has shared her research at conferences in the United States and Europe, including the American Historical Association and the Bavarian American Academy.