HCAS Professor is Elected to the Board of Directors of Stonewall National Museum and Archives

James Doan, Ph.D.

James Doan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Humanities and Politics in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the Stonewall National Museum and Archives, the largest museum of its kind in the world, dedicated to LGBTQ history and culture.

Doan indicated that he is thrilled to be a new member of the Stonewall National Museum and Archives Board of Directors. He further said, “this new position integrates with my teaching and work at NSU.”

Doan’s teaching and research interests include Irish literature and language, folklore and mythology, family history and genealogy, and English language and British literature. He is actively involved in the theatre community in South Florida, having written and directed plays for the Actors Community Theatre (ACT) in Davie. Doan also co-founded the South Florida Irish Theatre with a mission to develop Irish American Theatre in the region.