Heather Bailey has a Ph.D. in Public History from Middle Tennessee State University and over a decade of professional experience as a preservation planner in Tennessee, Colorado, and Wisconsin. She has served as a technical adviser for the East Tennessee Preservation Alliance, board member for the Tennessee Preservation Trust, and a board member for Colorado Preservation Inc. In April 2015, the University of Minnesota Press published her chapter “Does This Place Really Matter? The Preservation Debate over Historical Significance in Colorado's Post World-War II Suburbs,” in Making Suburbia: New Histories of Everyday America. She continues her research and advocacy for cultural conservation as the Preservation Planner for the City of Madison, Wisconsin.