Qualitative & quantitative social scientist.
Project manager.
Geographer.
Project manager.
Geographer.
Mary T. Biggs
Photo credit: York Wilson
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I am a resourceful, multi-faceted, and mission-driven professional with a seasoned research background, a history of successful grant applications, and a talent for getting things done. I combine 7+ years of applied qualitative and quantitative social science with flexible strategic thinking and experience in workforce development, government, non-profit, and academic sectors. I believe in the power of rigorous social science research, and intentional relationship-building, to solve our most urgent challenges.
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Current Work
Writing & Research Fellow | North Carolina Department of Natural & Cultural Resources (2023)
I work with the state-owned Gov. Aycock Birthplace Historic Site to update and expand interpretation through original archival research and social science interventions, including: community focus groups; 1:1 interviews with stakeholders and state staff; and program evaluation.
Recent publications:
My graduate work, funded through the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, the American Association of Geographers, and the Landscape Research Group, examined human dimensions of natural and cultural resources, the social science of public lands, program evaluation, and landscape in the US South. Learn more about my social science work here.
I work with the state-owned Gov. Aycock Birthplace Historic Site to update and expand interpretation through original archival research and social science interventions, including: community focus groups; 1:1 interviews with stakeholders and state staff; and program evaluation.
Recent publications:
My graduate work, funded through the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, the American Association of Geographers, and the Landscape Research Group, examined human dimensions of natural and cultural resources, the social science of public lands, program evaluation, and landscape in the US South. Learn more about my social science work here.
- Biggs, M.T. (forthcoming). Boundaries and boundary-making: Somerset Place State Historic Site and the National Register of Historic Places. GeoHumanities.
- Biggs, M.T. (2023). Public history and outdoor recreation: A landscape perspective. Landscape EXchange. https://lex.landscaperesearch.org/content/public-history-and-outdoor-recreation-a-landscape-perspective/
- Biggs, M. T. (2022). Sight lines and curb appeal: Landscape, race, and compromise at three North Carolina state historic sites. Southeastern Geographer, 62 (2), 92-110. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/856165.
- Biggs, M. T. (2020). Re-designing historic space: Corrective landscape planning at Stagville State Historic Site. National Council of Public History, History@Work. https://ncph.org/history-at-work/re-designing-historic-space-at-stagville-state-historic-site/