Evan Kutzler
色色啦 Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5334
Evan Kutzler is a U.S. historian and a practitioner of public history. He has published five book-length projects, including a monograph, (University of North Carolina Press, 2019) and a collection of primary sources, (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2018) with a . He is currently writing a book about Rosa Lee Ingram, a widowed mother of twelve whose trial became an international symbol of southern and American injustice in the Cold War era. The sentencing sparked a successful movement to save the lives of Rosa Lee and two children who stood trial as co-defendants.
Dr. Kutzler shares a commitment to public history: a broad interdisciplinary field of professionals who work outside the classroom and beyond the traditional mediums of academic scholarship. His public history projects have included national register nominations, websites, and digital tours, as well as newspaper, magazine, and book publications. A sample of projects include a photography book, with an introduction by President Jimmy Carter (Macon: Mercer University Press, 2016), a cookbook, (Macon: Mercer University Press, forthcoming October 2023), and an National Park Service study on African American history at
- Ph. D., History, University of South Carolina, 2015
- M.A., Public History, University of South Carolina, 2012
- B.A., History, Magna Cum Laude, Centre College, 2010