A Quote by Nell Irvin Painter

I'm a professional historian. I do my research. I have a PhD. What does my race have to do with it?

Nell Irvin Painter

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Does Historian PhD Professional Race Research

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Nell Irvin Painter
American - Historian
Born: August 2, 1942

Ironically, the more intensive and far-reaching a historian's research, the greater the difficulty of citation. As the mountain of material grows, so does the possibility of error.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

It's interesting - an actor's research is different to just historian's research. I'm looking for things that I can actually physically use in the movie.

Ioan Gruffudd

But I'm a historian. I wasn't interested in just being a producer, I was interested in doing research and presenting that research to a general public.

Bernice Johnson Reagon

But I'm a historian. I wasn't interested in just being a producer, I was interested in doing research and presenting that research to a general public

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Research does not support any part of Race to the Top

Diane Ravitch

By that time I was hooked on a career in academic research instead of one in the pharmaceutical industry that I had originally considered in deciding to get a PhD.

Paul Berg

. . . What role does historiography play in the way a society and culture "remembers" past events? Does the historian have a moral or civic responsibility to this project of memory that ought to influence the way he or she engages in historical practice? Should moral concerns influence the historian's choice of subject matter, of issues to discuss, of evidence to use?

Michael L Morgan

I am a historian. I do a lot of research, and I try to get it right.

Alan Furst

Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.

Samuel E. Morison

I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a dramatic interpretation of history.

Oliver Stone

If you are asked an overly invasive or personal question, you have the right to refuse to answer. Likewise, if you research a professional opportunity and it doesn't feel right, or if you are not being offered payment for your professional services, that may be a sign that you should consider saying no.

Tara Moss

In my own research, teaching and consulting experience I have to combine lessons from the field in a relatively inductive and open fashion with theoretical frameworks and conceptual arguments. The skills to deal with theory and conceptualization are a direct result of my formal education - reading, learning and conversations with other PhD students.

Yves Doz

Susan Campbell has brought Isabella's fascinating forgotten story back to life with the deep research of a born historian and the vibrant readable prose style of a veteran journalist.