Adisson Wright

Adisson Wright is a PhD student in the Department of History at Texas A&M University. She specializes in Holocaust liberation and memory. Her research considers how concentration camp liberators became active participants in the institutionalization of American Holocaust memorialization. Prior to Texas A&M, Adisson graduated with honors from Liberty University, earning a Bachelor of Science in History, with minors in Military History and Government.

Alongside her research endeavors, Adisson engages in public history. She has been an intern at both the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, and the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond, Virginia. Her most recent projects entailed creating a digital exhibit for Remembering and Honoring the Aggie Experience and a physical exhibit, Personifying Freedom: Highlighting the Legacies of African American Holocaust Liberators and Witnesses for the Brazos Valley African American Museum located in Bryan, Texas. Adisson was recently awarded an internship at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

Advisor: Dr. Adam Seipp