Department News Archive

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Fall 2009 - The Department welcomes its newest resident faculty member

Dr. Xurong Kong. A China scholar, Dr. Kong comes over from the Kean Foreign Languages Department.

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NOTE: Revised and updated BA History and BA History/Teacher Certification guide sheets are now available on the BA Guide Sheet and BA Teacher Certification Forms pages: See the links at the left.

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Department Chair Dr. Sue Gronewold and her husband, Latin America scholar Peter Winn meeting with new Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in August at her White House swearing in reception. Dr. Winn was Judge Sotomayor's mentor at Princeton.

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Dr. Brian Regal at the Darwin Building of University College London on July 9 to give his talk "Where Have all the Werewolves Gone? Evolution and Monsters"

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Spring 2009

Congratulations to Frank Wyman who was awarded the doctorate in Modern History and Literature from Drew University in May, 2009! Dr. Wyman is currently an Adjunct Professor with the department--his specialty is disability studies. His dissertation was awarded the Neal Riemer Prize for excellence in research and writing in the fields of political and philosophical ethics.

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Congratulations to Cynthia M. Fragale, winner of the First Dr. Martin J. Siegel Prize for Excellence in Researching and Writing.

The award ceremony was held in the beautiful carriage house of Liberty Hall, just before the university Honors Convocation.

The award is for an original work of historical scholarship and will be awarded annually--See Professor Jonathan Mercantini for details.

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Kean History Department witnesses History at the Obama Election!

Faculty members and students of the Department of History travelled by bus to Washington DC to be a part of the historic election of Barack Obama on January 20th. Despite the cold temperatures and slightly chaotic nature of the event everyone involved said it was moving experience they would not trade for the world!