Rate My Professor Lynn Mollenauer

Mollenauer has spearheaded initiatives at UNCW examining the 1898 Wilmington massacre and coup and its lasting impact on the greater Wilmington community. She is Co-Director of UNCW’s 1898 Legacies and Futures Research Collective, which aims to nurture constructive dialogue, innovative pedagogies, and new partnerships that contribute to ongoing remembrance and restoration efforts throughout the Cape Fear region. She is co-editing the volume The 1898 Wilmington Massacre: Critical Explorations on Insurrection, Black Resilience, and Black Futures, forthcoming from Louisiana State University Press. In recognition of her teaching, Mollenauer received the Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award in 2016. She also serves as co-project director for a National Endowment for the Humanities grant funding a two-week residential institute for K-12 educators titled Wilmington 1898: Geographies of Rage, Resistance, and Resilience, awarded $177,639. Through her scholarship and leadership, Mollenauer bridges European cultural history with local historical reckoning, influencing both academic research and public engagement.