Dr. Lisa M. Budreau is a historian for Marine Corps History Division. She has more than twenty years’ experience in public history (museums, academic travel, research) and cultural heritage organizations in the U.S. and Europe, with a blend of international scholarly credentials and extensive publications and presentations.
Degrees
DPhil (Modern History), St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, England
MA (American Studies), Nottingham University, England
BA (Museum Studies/History), Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida
Background and Major Achievements
Historian, U.S. Marine Corps History Division, 2022-present, Quantico, VA
Sr Curator of Military History, 2015-2022, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
Consultant, National Museum of African American History& Culture, 2017- 2019, Smithsonian
Inst., Washington, DC
Vice President of Collections, Exhibitions and Education, 2011- 2012, National World War One
Museum, Kansas City, MO
Historical Consultant, American Battle Monuments Commission, 2011-2012, Garches, France
Sr Historian, Office of the Army Surgeon General Medical History, 2007-2010, Falls Church, VA
Historian/Analyst for Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, Hickam AFB, HI 2004-2006,
post-doctoral fellowship.
Program designer, guide, travel manager, 2001-2004, Academic Travel Abroad, Wash., DC.
Additional Experience
Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury, England (Head of Public Services)
Grantham Museum, Lincolnshire, England (Curator)
Field research scholarship (via University of Paris, Nanterre) in Arras, France
Misawa English School, Japan
34th U.S. Army General Hospital, Augsburg, Germany (Clinical Liaison, Bavaria)
Select Publications
We Return Fighting: World War I and the Shaping of Modern Black Identity [Contributor],
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Publications, (2019).
Bodies of War, World War I and the Politics of American Commemoration, 1919-1933, New
York University Press, (2010).
Answering the Call: The U.S. Army Nurse Corps, 1917-1919, Editor, Office of The Surgeon General, Dept of the Army, Government Publishing Office, (2009).