Asst. Professor of History, Richard Stockton College
Office: K-114
Office Phone: (609) 626-3529
Email: michelle.mcdonald@stockton.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30 to 1:30 and by appointment.
Education:
- 2005, Ph.D., History, University of Michigan
- 1997, M.A., Liberal Arts, St. John’s College, Annapolis
- 1994, M.A., Museum Studies/American Culture, George Washington University
- 1991, B.A., cum laude, History (Minor: Business Administration), U.C.L.A.
Research/Teaching Areas:
- Early American History
- Atlantic World History
- Comparative Caribbean History
- Business and Economic History
- Public History, Museum Studies
Current Projects:
- Caffeine Dependence: Coffee and Commerce in Early America, 1765-1835 (University of Pennsylvania Press, forthcoming).
- Voices from the Tavern: Public Drinking in the Early Modern World, with David Hancock (Pickering & Chatto, forthcoming).
- “Consumption in the Transatlantic World,” in Frank Trentmann (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of Consumption (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
- Oxford Bibliography Online: Atlantic History (with Roderick McDonald); entries for the Black Atlantic, Creolization, and Emancipation.
- Pedagogical Coordinator, “One Nation—Many Americans Project,” funded by Teaching American History (TAH); http://www.ettc.net/tah.
- Co-Project Director, “Revolution to Republic: Philadelphia’s Place in Early America,” NEH Landmarks in American History and Culture Program.
Courses Taught:
HIST 2128 Atlantic History 1492-1888
HIST 2152 North America to 1789
HIST 2153 U.S. History 1789 to 1865
HIST 3605 Comparative Slavery and Emancipation
HIST 4655 Advanced Seminar in History: Power
GAH 1293 Presenting the Past: History Outside the Classroom