Academics
Faculty
Susan Ouellette
Department Chair
Professor of History
B.A. SUNY Plattsburgh; M.A., Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Durick Library 304
Phone: 802.654.2249
Box 136
E-mail: souellette@smcvt.edu
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George Dameron
Professor of History
B.A. Duke University; M.A. Harvard University; Ph.D. Harvard University
Teaching both in the Department of History and Humanities Program, Dr. Dameron's introductory and upper level courses focus on the Middle Ages, the Early Modern Period and Antiquity. He offers courses on Medieval Italy, the Black Death, gender and women’s history and historiography.
Dr. Dameron has written two books on medieval Florence: Episcopal Power and Florentine Society, 1000-1320 (Harvard, 1991) and Florence and Its Church in the Age of Dante (Pennsylvania, 2005). Currently, he is writing a third book, The Making of Medieval Florence. Once that project is complete, he intends to write a book on the political economy of grain in north Italian communes in the thirteenth century.
Few people may know that Dr. Dameron was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Benin (West Africa), 1975-1977. His interests today focus on tennis, taking care of a 150-year old house, hiking the woods of Vermont, classical guitar and participating in the governance of his town. He is currently the secretary of the Hinesburg Community Land Trust and a former board member of Friends in Adoption, Inc., in Middletown Springs, Vermont.
Durick Library 306
Phone: 802.654.2318
Box 141
E-mail: gdameron@smcvt.edu
Personal Web site: http://academics.smcvt.edu/gdameron/
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Douglas Slaybaugh
Professor of History
B.S. Iowa State University; M.A. Iowa State University; Ph.D. Cornell University
Dr. Slaybaugh came to Saint Michael’s College in 1986. He teaches American history, including the U.S. History Since 1865 survey and such seminars as the Age of FDR, American Society and Culture Since 1865 and Presidential Elections. His scholarly interests are in biography and political and social history.
Durick Library 310
Phone: 802.654.2465
Box 202
E-mail: dslaybaugh@smcvt.edu
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Ke-wen Wang
Professor of History
B.A. National Taiwan University; M.A. Stanford University; Ph.D. Stanford University
Dr. Wang's areas of teaching include East Asian History (China and Japan) and East Asia-West Relations. He has published books and articles on the Chinese Nationalist Party, and the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45), and is currently researching newspapers in the republican era (1912-49). He also served as a consultant for three television documentaries. Born and educated in Taiwan, Dr. Wang has taught at universities in Taiwan and in Hong Kong.
Durick Library 311
Phone: 802.654.2428
Box 101
E-mail: kwang@smcvt.edu
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Thomas Andersen
Associate Professor of History
B.A. Saint Peter's College University; M.A. Fordham University; Ph.D. Fordham University
Dr. Andersen joined the Department of History in 1970. He teaches surveys of Medieval and Early Modern Europe and also conducts a number of upper level seminar courses on European Witchcraft, the Medieval Crusades and Renaissance and Reformation Europe. In addition, he teaches a history/classics course on the Roman Empire. Areas of professional interest include Early Medieval Europe, the Crusades, and medieval and early modern intellectual and religious history. Dr. Andersen enjoys a variety of outdoor, warm weather activities, which include boating and, most recently, motorcycling. He has been married to his "soul mate" Jo Ann for thirty-seven years and together they have four grown children and five grandchildren.
Durick Library 308
Phone: 802.654-2337
Box 103
E-mail: tandersen@smcvt.edu
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Yovanna Pineda
Associate Professor of History
On sabbatical for the 2008-2009 academic year
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Pineda's areas of teaching include Latin American history, economic and development history and social history. Her areas of research include industrialization in Argentina machinery and economic development in Argentina.
Durick Library 307
Phone: 802.654.2472
Box 232
E-mail: ypineda at smcvt.edu
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Jennifer Purcell
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Durick Library 309
Phone: 802.654.2731
Box: 142
E-mail: jpurcell@smcvt.edu
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Additional Faculty:
James Conley
Associate Professor of Classics
B.A. Duquesne University; M.A., Ph.D. Loyola University of Chicago
Saint Edmund's Hall 245
Phone: 802.654.2250
Box 278
E-mail: jconley@smcvt.edu
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Rev. Joseph McLaughlin, SSE
Professor of Religious Studies
B.A. Saint Michael’s College; S.T.B, A.M. University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto; Ph.D. National University of Ireland, Galway
Saint Edmund's Hall 244
Phone: 802.654.2371
Box 272
E-mail: jmclaughlin@smcvt.edu
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Jeffrey Trumbower
Professor of Religious Studies
B.A. Vanderbilt University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Chicago Divinity School
Saint Edmund's Hall 246
Phone: 802.654.2373
Box 289
E-mail: jtrumbower@smcvt.edu