DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
Department Faculty
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Janet Sorrentino Associate Professor and Chair of History
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Clayton Black Associate Professor of History
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Adam Goodheart Hodson Trust-Griswold Director of the Starr Center For The Study Of The American Experience
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Ken Miller Associate Professor of History
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Patrick Nugent Deputy Director for the C.V. Starr Center, lecturer of History
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Richard Striner Professor of History
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Carol Wilson Arthur A. and Elizabeth R. Knapp Professor of American History
Making the Past Present
“History teaches everything, including the future”
— Alphonse de Lamartine
Discover your future with the Washington College history department.
Our faculty is passionate about history. Dr. Richard Striner is known for wearing vintage clothing to class. The professors are mentors who enjoy collaborating with their students. For her latest book, Dr. Carol Wilson asked one of her students to compile the index.
Students also do their own independent research. All students must complete a senior capstone, and there are fellowships and internships sponsored by the Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, as well as opportunities to submit work to competitions sponsored by the Phi Alpha Theta honor society.
History comes alive here on Fridays in the spring and fall, when students and faculty play town ball on the campus green. The college, one of the oldest in the nation, and Chestertown, with its charming buildings and rich history, are valuable resources to anyone interested in American history.
Understanding the past is key to understanding the future. What does your future hold?
“The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation” examines Washington’s lifelong engagement with Native Americans.
An interdisciplinary minor in medieval and early modern studies will be offered for the first time this fall.
With scholarship funding from Pi Delta Phi, the national French honor society, Maria Betancur Cardona ’20 has been selected to study at the American University in Paris this summer.
FEATURED ALUM
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First in Class
First-honors graduate Patrick O’Neal won departmental honors for his senior thesis focused on the the Negro Baseball League’s impact on integration efforts in Alabama. The Phi Beta Kappa member also took home the Arthur Knapp Memorial Prize in History.