William Hal Gorby
Teaching Associate Professor of History, and Director of Undergraduate Studies at West Virginia University
William Hal Gorby is a Teaching Associate Professor of History, and Director of Undergraduate Studies at West Virginia University. His book, Wheeling’s Polonia: Reconstructing Polish Community in a West Virginia Steel Town was published by WVU Press in May 2020. The book won the Oskar Halecki Prize from the Polish American Historical Association in 2022, for the best book on the Polish American experience. He has also consulted on the research and script editing for the PBS American Experience documentary “The Mine Wars,” which received an Emmy nomination for research in the documentary film category. In 2019, he researched, wrote, and hosted a podcast by Wheeling Heritage Media, titled “Henry: The Life and Times of Wheeling’s Most Notorious Brewer,” which won a History Hero Award from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History in 2020.
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