Office: K-114 Office Phone: (609) 626-3529 Email: michelle.mcdonald@stockton.edu
Office Hours (Spring 2012): TR 10:30am-noon, and by appointment
Education:
- 2005, Ph.D., History, University of Michigan
- 1997, M.A., Liberal Arts, St. John’s College, Annapolis
- 1994, M.A., Museum Studies/American Culture, George Washington University
- 1991, B.A., cum laude, History (Minor: Business Administration), U.C.L.A.
Research/Teaching Areas:
- Early American History
- Atlantic World History
- Comparative Caribbean History
- Business and Economic History
- Public History, Museum Studies
Recent Publications:
- Public Drinking in the Early Modern World: Voices in the Tavern, 1500-1800, with David Hancock (London: Pickering and Chatto, 2011).
- “Transatlantic Consumption,” in the Oxford Handbook on the History of Consumption (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012).
Current Projects and Positions:
- Caffeine Dependence: Coffee and Commerce in Early America (University of Pennsylvania Press, forthcoming).
- Project Co-Director, “Revolution to Republic: Philadelphia’s Place in Early America,” NEH Landmarks in American History and Culture Program. Program website: http://www.shear.org/nehlandmarks
- Secretary-Treasurer, Association of Caribbean Historians. Program website: http://www.associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org