MELISSA ROVNER
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Melissa Rovner, She/Her Linkedin
​rovnermelissa[at]gmail.com; melissapeter[at]ucla.edu

Hello! I'm an educator and historian of the built environment

My research focuses on intersections between material, labor, housing design, urban development, and representation. I work with digital humanities to influence the recovery of cultures and histories that were mischaracterized, displaced, condemned, or erased under discourses of modernity and progress. I am currently researching the expanding pedagogical landscape of cultural heritage and historic preservation and exploring issues of equity in preservation practice. 
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My scholarship bridges temporal and geographic boundaries, from global colonial translations of land and property through buildings and plans in the 16th-18th century, to American Imperial expansionism in the 19th century and the uneven development of U.S. cities in the 20th century. 



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