Biography

Catherine DeCesare, Assistant Professor in the Department of History, received her graduate degrees from Providence College and Fordham University.   She began teaching at the University of Rhode Island in 2008 and previously worked as an academic advisor and coordinator at the URI Providence Feinstein Campus.  Prior to her employment at the university, she was an archivist at Brown University and the Rhode Island Supreme Court Judicial Records Center. 

Her teaching and research interests intersect, and include Rhode Island history, legal, colonial, and applied history.  She enjoys collaborating with students and colleagues on creative research projects which showcase and raise awareness about the relevance of history.  She serves as Co-Director of the Applied History Lab.     

Originally from Tiverton, Rhode Island she lived in Providence for a number of years before moving to the West Bay.  Her non-Professional hours are spent with her five children and large extended family.  She also enjoys reading, bike riding and going to the beach on Block Island.