Serena Zabin, Associate Professor of History, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship for 2015-2016 to finish her book on the Boston Massacre, Occupying Boston: An Intimate History of the Boston Massacre. Professor Zabin’s book uncovers the extensive personal interactions between troops and their families and townspeople, and challenges the political spin put on the “massacre” that created its iconic place on the road to the American Revolution. NEH fellowships support scholars pursuing advanced research. In this cycle, the Endowment funded only 7.5% of the fellowship proposals received.