History
The History Department introduces students to the serious study of the world's civilizations, and cultivates a perspective through which students begin to see themselves as individuals with opportunities and responsibilities in a modern, post-industrial world. With a focus on primary documents, our aim is for students to gain a particular knowledge of their own immediate culture through the study of United States history, as well as to initiate a study of the human condition in the broadest sense of the term.
By learning to evaluate and use evidence to make qualified generalizations, our students develop analytical skills that will serve them in college and beyond. All history courses require short, carefully structured papers that demand close analysis of primary sources, and longer term papers that require extensive research on a particular topic or issue.
Ultimately, we are committed to the notion that the study of history is an integral component in the general humanizing process of a liberal education. We encourage our students, as they study specific periods, cultures, and historical themes, to develop the intellectual skepticism and analytical rigor to identify demagoguery, hagiography, and the parochialisms of ethnicity and gender.
History Department News
History Courses
Click any course title to learn more.
United States History: Research Challenges
- History
- Required for Graduation
- Yearlong
United State History: Interpretations of the Past
- History
- Semester-Long
Advanced Study in History: American Social Reform Movements
- Advanced Study
- History
- Semester-Long
Advanced Study in History: Coming of Age: America in the Early Atomic Era
- Advanced Study
- History
- Semester-Long
Advanced Study in History: Democracy, Power, and Empire—Athens in the 5th Century BC
- Advanced Study
- History
- Semester-Long
Advanced Study in History: Empire of Liberty?—The United States in the World
- Advanced Study
- History
- Semester-Long
Advanced Study in History: Histories of Hate: American Racism and German Anti-Semitism
- Advanced Study
- History
- Semester-Long
Advanced Study in History: The Modern Middle East
- Advanced Study
- History
- Semester-Long
Advanced Study in History: Latin American History
- Advanced Study
- History
- Semester-Long
Advanced Study in Public History
- Advanced Study
- History
- Semester-Long
Advanced Study in History: Research Seminar
- Advanced Study
- History
- Required for Graduation
- Semester-Long
Advanced Study in History: A World at War
- Advanced Study
- History
- Semester-Long
History Faculty
Matthew Carroll
Titles:
Dean of Students, History, Head Coach - Boys Varsity Soccer, Head Coach - Girls Soccer
Matthew Edmonds
Titles:
History Department Chair, Lower Moss Dorm Parent, Head Coach - Baseball, Head Coach – Boys Thirds Basketball
Bradley Skeen
Titles:
History, Assistant Coach – Boys JV Soccer, Assistant Coach – Boys JV Basketball
Kyra Wilson
Job Title:
GQ (Gender Queer) Affinity
Titles:
History, Head Coach - Girls JV Soccer, Head Coach - Thirds Volleyball