Cheryl LemusCheryl Lemus is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Northern Illinois University. She has been commissioned by the Village of Hoffman Estates to write the commemorative history for the Village's 50th anniversary. She is also adjuncting as a history instrutor at Aurora University and William Rainey Harper College and peer reviewing for the NeoAmericanist. In the past, she was also Senior Associate Editor for Southern Historian and served as the Historic Preservation Coordinator for the City of Elgin, where she documented historic buildings and administered the grant program. Lemus has presented her work at many historical conferences and is a member of the Organization of American Historians. Since 2003, she has been an active member of various History committees at NIU. Read More Read Less