LIZ COVART
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of California, Davis
M.A., University of California, Davis
B.A., Pennsylvania State University, with Honors and Distinction
Degrees in Progress
FEBRUARY 2025
2022- Present M.S. Nonprofit Management, Northeastern University
Certificates
2022
History Leadership Institute, American Association of State and Local History (formerly Seminar for Historical Administration)
2020 Podcast Engineering, Podcast Engineering School
Course Work
2021 Financial Structures and Strategy, American Association of State and Local History
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023-2025
Founding Director, Colonial Williamsburg Innovation Studios, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
2017-2022 Digital Projects Editor, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
2016-2017 Lapidus Initiative Assistant Editor for New Media, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
2014-2017 Founder & Producer, Ben Franklin’s World, Self-employed
2013-2015 Contributing Editor, Journal of the Early Americas
2001-2005 Seasonal Interpretive Ranger, National Park Service, Boston National Historical Park
DIGITAL PROJECTS
2014-Present Ben Franklin’s World: A Podcast About Early American History
2013-Present Uncommonplace Book Blog
2016-2019 “Doing History” podcast series
PUBLICATIONS
Book in Progress
America’s Forgotten Constitution: The Articles of Confederation and the American Union
Journal Forum & Invited Articles
“Rethinking Time, Money, Access, & Community,” Changing Material Conditions of Scholarly Production Forum, Journal of the Early American Republic, Winter 2022
“History Podcasts: An Overview of the Field,” Journal of American History, Vol. 109, Issue 1, June 2022
“Popular and Public History,” 25th Anniversary Issue, Journal of Early Modern History, Vol. 25, No. 6, December 2021
Peer-Reviewed Articles
“Trade, Diplomacy, and the Consequences of American Independence: Cuyler, Gansevoort & Co. and the Business of Trade During the Confederation Era,” Journal of Early American History, Vol. 5, Issue 2, July 2015
“‘Dam’d Paving’ Yankees and Dutch New Yorkers: The Post-Revolution New England Migration and the Creation of American Identity in the Upper Hudson River Valley, 1783-1820,” Hudson River Valley Review, Vol. 29, No. 1, Autumn 2012
Book Chapters
“The American Revolution Comes to Albany, New York, 1756-1776,” in Journal of the American Revolution, Volume 2, 2015, (Yardley: Westholme Publishing, 2015), 43-50
“Silas Deane, Forgotten Patriot,” in Journal of the American Revolution, Volume 2,
2015, (Yardley: Westholme Publishing, 2015), 241-250
“Bunker Hill Monument and Memory,” in Journal of the American Revolution, Volume 1, (Yellow Springs: Ertel Publishing, Inc.), 50-53
Book Reviews
Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire, by Eliga H. Gould, Journal of the Early Republic, Vol. 32, No. 4, Winter
2012
AWARDS & MILESTONES
2022 Franklin New Media Award, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C.
2022 Outstanding Alumni Award, History Department, Pennsylvania State University
2022 10 Million Downloads, Ben Franklin’s World
2021 Elected Fellow, Massachusetts Historical Society
2017 Academy of Podcasters, Best History Podcast Award, Winner
2016 Academy of Podcasters, Best History Podcast Award, Nominee
2015 Elected Fellow, Colonial Society of Massachusetts
2003
Phi Beta Kappa
2002 Phi Alpha Theta
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
2021 Humanities New York, Grant Awarded to Omohundro Institute for “The Horse’s Tail: Revolution & Memory in Early New York City” podcast episode
2020 Mass Humanities, Grant Awarded to Omohundro Institute for World of the Wampanoag podcast series
2009 William L. Clements Library, Price Visiting Research Fellowship
2008 David Library of the American Revolution, Research Fellowship
2008 New York State Archives, Larry J. Hackman Research Fellowship
2008-2009 University of California, Davis Research Grant
2008 Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History, Research Fellowship
2007 New York State Library, Cunningham Research Residency
2005-2008
University of California-Davis, Reed-Smith Research Travel Grant
Keynotes
2023 “Read the Book, Send Questions: Transferring Knowledge from Experts to Everyone,” Podcasting for Business Conference, November
2023 “Commemorating the American Revolution,” American Battlefield Trust National Teachers’ Workshop, July
2021 “How to Create Sustainable Partnerships For Your Podcast,” Intelligent Speech Conference, April
2019 “A Visit to Ben Franklin’s World,” New York State Archives, Albany, April
2018 “How Podcasts Saved the Educational Radio Star,” Opening Keynote, Sound Education Conference, Harvard University, October
2018 “How Podcasts Saved the Radio Star and Why That’s Good News for History,” Annual Michael Mizell-Nelson Lecture in Public History, University of New Orleans, October
2018 “What Benjamin Franklin Can Teach You About Building a Massive, International Media Brand,” Podfest Multimedia Expo, Orlando, FL, February
Digital History & Podcasts
2024 “Teaching American and Digital Revolutions,” Institute for Thomas Paine Studies, September
2024 “Histories’ Publics: American Origin Stories,” Organization of American Historians, April
2024 “The Challenges and Opportunities of Building Tomorrow’s Museum,” Arizona State University, March
2022 “How to Create a Podcast From Concept to Published Episode,” Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest, Villanova University, March
2021 “Editing Policies and Philosophies,” Humanities Podcasting Symposium, October
2021 “An Evening with Ben Franklin’s World,” Historical Society of Pennsylvania, October
2020 “Podcasts as Pedagogy: Ideas for How to Teach History with Podcasts, American Historical Association, January
2019 “What History Can Teach Us About How to Build a Successful Podcast,” She Podcasts Live, October
2019 “A Conversation on Podcasting and History,” Pennsylvania State University, October
2019 “Podcasting the Past: An Evening with Ben Franklin’s World,” Wisconsin NPR & University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, April
2019 “How to Podcast Workshop,” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, April
2018 “Podcasts and How to Teach With Them,” Bennion Teachers Workshop, Utah State University, June
2018 “Podcasting: History’s Future in the Digital Age?,” Organization of American Historians, Sacramento, CA, April
2018 “The Ben Franklin’s World Project, Podcasting, and the Future of Digital History,” Virginia Commonwealth University, February
2018 “How to Podcast Workshop,” Villanova University, February
2018 “Is This Thing On? How History Podcasts Can, and Should, Change the Discipline,” American Historical Association, Washington, D.C, January
2017 “Podcasts, Digital Media, and Careers in History,” Brandeis University, November
2017 “Teaching with Podcasts,” George Washington Teacher Institute, Mount Vernon, August
2017 “Podcasting the Past: How Podcasts and New Media Reach New Audiences,” Hamilton College, April
2017 “Podcasting the Past or Ode to the National Park Service,” Salem Maritime National Historic Site, April
2016 “Podcasting the Past: A Conversation with Liz Covart,” Framingham State University, November
2016 “A Non-Traditional Path to Podcasting,” Podcast Movement, Chicago, IL, July 5
2016 “Crowdfunding Your Podcast,” Florida Podfest, Tampa, FL, February
2015 “Digital History and Ben Franklin’s World,” Graduate Seminar, Colorado State University, October
2015 “History & Podcasting,” Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, VA, October
2015 “Tips for How to Launch Your Podcast,” Podcast New England, Boston, MA, June
2015 "Sharing Your Passion for History: Blogs, Podcasts, Books, and More," History Camp, Boston, MA, March
History
2020 “History of the Future: What the History of Radio Can Tell Us About the Present and Future of Podcasting,” Podfest Global Summit, Orlando, FL August
2018 “Changing Stations: Radio Lessons for Tomorrow’s Podcasters,” Podcast Movement, Philadelphia, PA, July
2017 “The New England Invasion of New York,” Oneida County History Center, Utica, NY, April
2015 “Researching in the Archives: An Historical Adventure,” Great Lakes College Association Boston Summer Seminar, June
2015 "Soldiers in Our Homes: The French and Indian War & Quartering in Albany, New York, 1756-1763," History Camp, Boston, MA, March
2014 “The Second New England: New York and the Post-Revolution New England Migration, 1783-1830,” History Camp, Cambridge, MA, March
2014 “From ‘Folly’ to Great Idea: The History of the Erie Canal and How it Transformed America,” History Camp, Cambridge, MA, March
2014 “How the Patriots Almost Lost the Battle of Saratoga: Yankee-Yorker Jealousy in the Commissary Department,” History Camp, Cambridge, MA, March
2014 “Getting to the Malleable Ph.D.,” American Historical Association, Washington, D.C., January
2012 “Albany After the Revolution: An American City in Transition,” Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY, March
2010 “Mobs, Riots, and Revolution: Albany, 1754-1775,” Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY, November
2009 “Albany in the Revolution,” Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY, May
2008 “Gutters and Street Paving: Elkanah Watson, the New England Migration, and the Improvement of Albany, New York in the Early Republic,” New York State Library, December
2008 “Gutters and Street Paving: Elkanah Watson, the New England Migration, and the Improvement of Albany, New York in the Early Republic,” Hudson Valley Community College, December
2008 “The Post-Revolution New England Migration into Albany, New York,” State University of New York at Potsdam, April
CONFERENCE & SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
2022 “America’s Wartime Constitution: The Articles of Confederation,” “Governing the Revolution Roundtable,” Omohundro Institute Conference, October
2022 Forum: The Material Conditions of Historians’ Labor, Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, July
2021 “Digital Early America: Roundtable,” Society of Early Americanists, March
2016 “Podcasts and the Future of Historical Scholarship,” USC-Huntington American Origins Seminar, San Marino, CA, October
2016 “New Netherland Emerging Scholars Live Podcast Interview,” New Netherland Institute Annual Conference, New Brunswick, NJ, September
2016 “How Podcasts Spread Historical Ideas, Thinking, and Create History Advocates,” Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, New Haven, CT, July
2016 “Drafting History for the Digital Public,” National Council on Public History, Baltimore, MD, March
2015 “Degrees of Britishness: The People of Albany, New York, and Questions of Cultural Community Membership, 1763-1775,” Boston Area Early American History Seminar, March
2014 “Memory, Community, Loyalty: Albany, New York During the American Revolution, 1763-1776,” Conference on New York State History, Poughkeepsie, NY, June
2013 “Europe, the Caribbean, and China: The Trading Places and Personal Connections of New York Merchants, 1750-1800,” American Historical Association, New Orleans, LA, January
2011 “Dutchmen, Britons, and Americans: War, Riots, and the Search for Identity in Albany New York, 1754-1776,” Omohundro Institute Conference, New Paltz, NY, June
2009 “New England Invasion: The Post-Revolution New England Migration and its Role in the Development of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys,” Western Frontier Symposium, Johnstown, NY, October
2007 “Gutters and Street Paving: Elkanah Watson and the Improvement of Albany’s Landscape,” Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, Worcester, MA, July
2004 “Judah Touro: Jewish Philanthropist,” Society for Historians of the Early American Republic,” Providence, RI, July
MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS
Newspaper Articles & Op-Eds
2020 “Governors Must Hold Firm on Stay-At-Home Orders,” The Washington Post, Made By History, April 20
2014 “Nick Kristof Ought to Be Paying Attention to History Camp,” History News Network, March 24
2013 “British Grenadier’s Cap from R.I. Historical Society Restored for Boston Exhibit,” Providence Journal, September 29
Magazines
2013 “A Cashless Society: Wave of the Future, Circumstance of the Past, Part II,” Journal of the Early Americas, Vol. 3, Issue 3 July/August
2013 “A Cashless Society: Wave of the Future, Circumstance of the Past, Part I,” Journal of the Early Americas, Vol. 3, Issue 2 May/June 2013
Digital Magazines
2015 “We Are One: Mapping America’s Road From Revolution to Independence,” Journal of the American Revolution, May 6
2014 “The American Revolution Comes to Albany, New York, 1756-1776,” Journal of the American Revolution, August 14
2014 “Silas Deane, Forgotten Patriot,” Journal of the American Revolution, July 30
2014 “Planning the Final Action: George Washington and Rochambeau, May 1781,” Journal of the American Revolution, May 15
2014 “A Very Special Boston Tea Party Reenactment,” Journal of the American Revolution, January 9
2013 “1763: A Revolutionary Peace Exhibit,” Journal of the American Revolution, September 3, 2013
2013 “Searching for Loyalists at Boston Harborfest, Parts 1, 2, 3” Journal of the American Revolution, July 29-31
2013 “Bunker Hill Monument and Memory,” Journal of the American Revolution, June 18
Guest Blog Posts
2019 “The 400-Year-Old Rivalry,” The Junto, June 26
2019 “Podcasting History in Public,” Uncommon Sense: The Blog, April 3
2018 “Doing History: The Power of Biography,” Uncommon Sense: The Blog, November 26
2017 “Getting the iTunes Feature,” Uncommon Sense: The Blog, July 6
2017 “Writing Early American History with Sound,” Uncommon Sense: The Blog, April 12
2014 “Fear in the Revolutionary Americas’ Conference Recap,” The Junto, November 14
2014 “Mormonism at the New York State History Conference,” The Way of Improvement Leads Home, June 19
2014 “Writing History for the Public,” The Way of Improvement Leads Home, January 4
2014 “The Art of the Obituary,” The Way of Improvement Leads Home, January 3
2013 “The Dutch Revolt and New Netherland: The 36th Annual New Netherland Seminar,” The Junto, October 17
Interviews
2022 “Liz Covart of Ben Franklin’s World Hits 10 MILLION Downloads,” Podfest Podcast, Episode 14, May
2019 “Q&A: Ben Franklin’s World,” Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association, April
2019 “The History of History Podcasting,” Dead Ideas, February
2019 “Podcasting in Academia with Liz Covart,” Between 2 Mics, February
2018 “Writing the Declaration of Independence,” Shaping Opinion, June
2018 “Benjamin Franklin: Diplomat, Polymath, and Member of 18th Century Jet Set,” History Unplugged, June
2018 “Episode 88: Liz Covart,” Amerikan Rambler with Colin Woodward, March
2017 “‘Ben Franklin’s World’: A Fascinating American History Podcast,” GeekDad, January
2016 “Interview with Liz Covart of the Ben Franklin’s World Podcast,” All Access Media, August
2016 “Trade, Taxes, and a Tea Party: Money in Ben Franklin’s Time with Liz Covart,” Stacking Benjamins Podcast, August
2016 “Inside Ben Franklin’s World: An Interview with Podcaster Liz Covart,” American Historical Association, April
2016 Author of the Month, Boston Athenæum, January
2015 Episode 26, Spinning Logic Podcast, December
2015 Episode 196, BizChix Podcast, October
2015 Episode 43, Podcast Junkies, June
2015 Episode 18: The Coming of the American Revolution, The JuntoCast, May
2015 “Interview: Liz Covart of Ben Franklin’s World,” The Junto: A Group Blog on Early American History, April
2015 Season 1, multiple episodes, The Podcast Producers, April
2015 Episode 15, American History Untucked, February
2014 Episode 14: Popular Protest in Early America,The JuntoCast, December
2014 “How One Local Historian is Using Google Glass to Unlock New England Secrets of Yore,” BostInno, April
Mentions
2015 “19 History Podcasts That Will Delight Your Brain,” Mental Floss, May
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
2025-Present Chair, Digital Initiative Committee, Massachusetts Historical Society
2019-2024 Digital Initiatives Committee, Massachusetts Historical Society
2022-2026 Research Division Committee, Massachusetts Historical Society
2022-2024 Advisory Council, Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
2018-2019 Conference Program Committee, Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
2016-2018 Lapidus Initiative Advisory Council, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
2015-2017 Social Media Advisory Committee, Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
2014-2017 Nominating Committee, New England Historical Association
2013-2016 Volunteer Docent, Boston By Foot
2013-2015 Volunteer, South End Historical Society, Boston
2009-2012 Library Volunteer, Albany Institute of History and Art
2007-2011 Volunteer, New York State Museum
2008 Cunningham Research Fellowship Committee, New York State Library
2007-2010 Van Schaick Mansion Oversight Committee, Peter Gansevoort Chapter NSDAR
2006-2007 History Department Library Proctor, University of California, Davis
2005 Graduate Student Committee Member Faculty Search, University of California, Davis
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught: 2009-2012 Interpretations of American History I, Hudson Valley Community College
LANGUAGES
Dutch
Reading: Good; Speaking: Conversational; Writing: Good
French
Reading: Can read with a dictionary
AFFILIATIONS
American Historical Association
American Association for State and Local History
Boston Athenæum
Coordinating Council of Women in History
Library Company of Philadelphia Shareholder
Massachusetts Historical Society
National Council on Public History
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association
Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture
The Podcast Academy
Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
Society for Historians in the Federal Government
Western Association of Women Historians
REFERENCES
Available upon request