Michelle M. Martin, a Michigan native and Kansan by choice, is a historian with a mission. Preserving and sharing the rich tapestry of the American historical narrative thru research, public speaking, teaching, film and living history consumes her time. With BA and MA degrees from Western Michigan University, Martin has been researching, writing and sharing the stories of the American West for almost 20 years. Martin has taught history at Pittsburg State University, Baker University and Fort Scott Community College in Kansas and is currently on the faculty of the department of History at Rogers State University (Claremore, OK). She has served as a historical reenactor and consultant for film and television projects produced for the History Channel, PBS and National Geographic Channel. Martin is a widely sought after living history interpreter and volunteers time at Fort Scott NHS, Fort Larned NHS, Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Pea Ridge National Military Park, Constitution Hall Lecompton, Homestead National Monument of America, Black Jack and Lone Jack Battlefields, Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site just to name a few. She currently portrays 13 different women from the 19th century. Her family claims she has "multiple historical personality disorder" because of her many personas. A published author, Martin is currently working on her new book, co-authored with Debra Goodrich Bisel, Kansas Forts and Bases for the History Press. Currently Martin is a Doctoral Candidate in History at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque where she studies American Indian-White relations in the 19th century west of the Mississippi in the Indian Territory. She has served as the the Director/Historian of the Little House on the Prairie Museum near Independence, Kansas the location of the Ingalls homesite from 1869-1871. In her spare time Martin enjoys spending time with friends, raising her cat Josie and storm chasing.