Joining the Dresher Center in 2017, Courtney Hobson works with the director to develop and organize scholarly events and programs for the UMBC community. This includes organizing the Humanities Forum, our public lecture series; CURRENTS, our lunch-time works-in-progress series for faculty and graduate students; social media campaigns; and other related tasks. She also serves on the Public Humanities Minor Advisory Committee.
Outside of UMBC, she works as a public historian and historical consultant, collaborating with organizations including The Southwest Partnership, Inc., Historical Research Associates, the National Park Service (NPS), the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), and the National Council on Public History (NCPH). Courtney is also a member of the Association of Black Women Historians, ASALH, as well as NCPH, where she currently serves on the Advocacy Committee of the Board.
In her spare time, Courtney is a gardener, amateur archer, cat mom, collector of unread books, and queen of karaoke at her neighborhood bar in Baltimore.