About the Presenter
Ywone (Wyonie) Edwards-Ingram is an Assistant Professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University where she teaches undergraduate courses in writing, communication, and literacy. She has graduate degrees and a history of teaching in Anthropology and American Studies at William and Mary. Her publications showcase her experience in archaeology and public history at Colonial Williamsburg and include, The Art and Soul of African American Interpretation (Colonial Williamsburg, 2016) and a co-edited volume, Historical Archaeology in the Twenty-First Century (University Press of Florida, 2021). At Mount Vernon, she will focus on George Washington’s coachmen as part of her broader study of the enslaved and free individuals who worked with coaches, carriages, and horses, but especially those of the households of historical presidents and other elites. This research follows from her journal article, “Before 1979: African American Coachmen, Visibility, and Representation at Colonial Williamsburg” (The Public Historian, 2014). She is a past recipient of research scholarships from New-York Historical Society, Monticello, and the Omohundro Institute and Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation.