Reintroducing: Dr. Lorraine Brown

This exhibit explores the legacy of Dr. Lorraine Brown, a professor emirta of English at George Mason University. Dr. Brown played a vital role in shaping George Mason into what it is today. From challenging misogynistic nepotism policies to being a founding role in the Women and Gender Studies Program. Her dedication to the institution remains under-recognized in the broad historical narrative of the history of George Mason University. 

Information about Lorraine was gathered through primary sources such as yearbooks, student newspapers, and archival materials. Everything is brought together using scholarship from The Digital Past course which uses course readings on radical empathy, digital presence, and spatial history. 

“Much of the most valuable historical work comes from asking why people made the choices they did, and what those choices meant for others.”

— Zachary M. Schrag, The Princeton Guide to Historical Research (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021), 10.