The course offers students an experiential learning experience while working on the URI Kingston Campus for the first time.
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Jonah Steinweh-Adler ’25
Psychology, Journalism, and History
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Three volume history published by prestigious Cambridge University Press
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Bridget Clossick ‘24 and Dennis Haggerty ‘23 presented their white papers at the prestigious conference after wowing a panel at the New England Historical Association earlier this year.
Continue reading "URI Alumni and Faculty Present at the American History Association"Remembering long-time history professor James Findlay
URI professor emeritus of history James Findlay passed away in August at the age of 93. Known for his booming voice and commitment to social justice, he was a stalwart in the Department of history for three decades. Jim, who grew up in Springfield, Missouri, earned his bachelor’s degree at Drury College and his master’s […]
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Kyla Duffy ’18 double majored in history and political science and minored in art. She will soon be attending Harvard Law School in pursuit of public interest law, particularly in the realm of nonprofits.
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Introducing a question-and-answer style series that will highlight research and creative works by our faculty. This month explores Native American Roots: Relationality and Indigenous Regeneration Under Empire, 1770-1859, a new book from Professor Christian Gonzales.
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Marcus P. Nevius, assistant professor of history, spent a month in the the Great Dismal Swamp, a tract of marshland situated between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina, researching his first book, City of Refuge: Slavery and Petit Marronage in the Great Dismal Swamp, 1763-1856.
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Ximena Sevilla, Multicultural Postdoctoral Fellow in our Department of History, discusses her time at URI, is an environmental historian of Latin American.
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With Joe Army ’86 at the helm of the company, there aren’t many COVID-19 hotspots in the world where Vapotherm’s respiratory care technology can’t be found.
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Catherine DeCesare, a senior lecturer in the University of Rhode Island Department of History, is an expert in Rhode Island history and currently serves as history coordinator and academic advisor for URI’s Feinstein Providence Campus. Here she discusses the Influenza pandemic of 1918 and its state impact.
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Catherine DeCesare, Senior Lecturer in our Department of History, shares lessons from the 1918 flu pandemic in Rhode Island that can be applied to pandemic policy today.
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Associate Professor of History Rae Ferguson is intentional about involving her students in projects that require introspection. “I want my students to see themselves as part of a historical thread that’s always moving, always changing,” she says.
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Two of our faculty — Evelyn Sterne, an associate professor of history who studies the history of immigration in the United States, and Julie Keller, an assistant professor of sociology who studies migration from Latin America — weigh in on the impact of incarcerating children at the border.
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Gabby DoVale ’20 was admitted to the Leadership Alliance Summer Research Program through Brown University this past summer. Combining her interests in Criminology and Criminal Justice and History, she explored differences in alcohol-related arrests for white women and black women in the years around prohibition in Virginia.
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