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About
Prof. Pirok joined Georgia Southern University in 2017 and departed the institution in 2025.
Education/Academic qualification
History, PhD, University of South Florida
Award Date: May 1 2017
History, MA, University of South Florida
Award Date: May 1 2013
History , BA, Southern Illinois University
Award Date: May 1 2011
Disciplines
- United States History
- Public History
- American Popular Culture
- Museum Studies
Research Interests
- Historical Research
- U.S. History
- Public History
- Historical Memory
- Historical Sites
- Museums
- Southern History
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects/Grants
- 1 Finished
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George Washington’s Birthplace National Monument Summer 2013 Archaeological Record Reassessment
Pirok, A. (CoPI), Levy, P. (CoPI) & Muraca, A. (CoPI)
05/1/13 → 12/30/14
Project: Research
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"Despicable and disgusting": Emotional labor, and the fear of dark tourism
Pirok, A., 2025, De Gruyter Studies in Tourism. Sharma, N., Martini, A. & Timothy, D. J. (eds.). Walter de Gruyter GmbH, p. 163-179 17 p. (De Gruyter Studies in Tourism; vol. 12).Research output: Contribution to book or proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Oaks of Ill Repute: Dark Tourism, Dissonant Heritage, and Savannah’s Hanging Trees
Pirok, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Branching Out: The Public History of Trees. Levy, P. & Glaser, L. S. (eds.). University of Massachusetts Press, (Public History in Historical Perspective).Research output: Contribution to book or proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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"Despicable and Disgusting”: How Dark Tourism Undermined Public History at Colonial Williamsburg
Pirok, A., 2024, (Accepted/In press) Dark Tourism Geographies: Critical Epistemologies on Death and Disaster . Sharma, A., Martini, A. & Timothy , D. J. (eds.). de GruyterResearch output: Contribution to book or proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Specters of the Mythic South: How Plantation Fiction Fixed Ghost Stories to Black Americans
Pirok, A., Jan 2023, In: Southern Cultures. 29, 4, p. 16-31 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Green Conference Report
Pirok, A., Levy, P., Barske Crawford, C. & Ippen , W., 2022.Research output: Working paper
Activities
- 3 Committee Member
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National Council on Public History Labor Task Force (External organization)
Pirok, A. (Co-Chair) & Mitchell, A. N. (Co-Chair)
2023Activity: Membership › Committee Member
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The National Council on Public History’s Environmental Sustainability Committee. (External organization)
Pirok, A. (Member)
2019 → 2023Activity: Membership › Committee Member
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National Council on Public History (External organization)
Pirok, A. (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Committee Member
Press/Media
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"Haunted Virginia" Virginia Living Magazine.
10/30/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement
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"Why Savannah is the most haunted city in America" Eagle Eye View Podcast
10/26/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement
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“Kale on Books: A Different Kind of Ghost Story”
10/19/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement