Briann Greenfield

  

• Associate Professor
• Central Connecticut State University

Briann Greenfield is an Associate Professor of History at Central Connecticut State University where she administers the department’s Public History Program and teaches broadly at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Her areas of research specialization include: New England Regional Culture, Public and Popular Memory, History of Historic Preservation, and Museum Studies. Dr. Greenfield received her M.A. in Museum Studies from the Department of American Civilization at Brown University and her Ph.D. in American Civilization, also at Brown. Dr. Greenfield is active in the Connecticut public history community. She is a member of the Connecticut Humanities Council, where she chairs the Connecticut Heritage Revitalization Fund Review Board. She also serves on the Connecticut Historical Society’s Collections Steering Committee, and on the editorial team of Connecticut Explored, a state-wide history magazine. She is the author of Out of the Attic: Inventing Antiques in 20th Century New England.