Elizabeth M. Nix

Elizabeth M. Nix

assistant professor
Division of Legal, Ethical and Historical Studies

Additional Roles:

director, B.A. in Community Studies and Civic Engagement program

Contact Information:

Phone: 410.837.5296
E-mail: enix@ubalt.edu

M.A., Ph.D., Boston University
B.A., Yale University

When the Community Studies and Civic Engagement major was established at the University of Baltimore, I found a program that valued the many ways I had already become involved in Baltimore City. My family helped get Midtown Academy off the ground in 1997, and I am helping to open Southwest Baltimore Charter School in my own neighborhood of Union Square. My work with CSCE majors and my efforts to establish new public schools caused me to turn my scholarly attention to issues of trust.

Now I am looking at trust in historic American communities and trying to determine how it can be cultivated in organizations today. I'm currently overseeing the collection of oral histories for the Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth project and would be eager to hear from community members with stories to tell about the events following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

For several years, I served as the volunteer scheduler for the Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church's Meals on Wheels site, and through that work I got to know many hidden corners of the city. I served on the board of SoWeBo Arts Inc. and helped organize the SoWeBohemian Festival held at Hollins Market every year.

At UB, I have taught New South and Civil Rights, Community History, Old South and Slavery, Victorian America, U.S. Women’s History and The American City.