Associate Professor of History
Education
Ph.D., West Virginia University
M.A., Youngstown State University
J.D., University of Toledo, College of Law
B.A., Youngstown State University
Ph.D in American (Colonial) History-West Virginia University, Dec. 2001 M.A. in History with Distinction-Youngstown State University, August 1994 J.D. (Juris Doctor), University of Toledo, College of Law, June 1974
Colonial origins of American Constitutional thought and law; law in colonial and early America; history of American religion; Irish immigration and early Ohio (legal) history
American History Survey to 1877, American History Survey since 1877, Native North American History (Survey), Early America, American Revolution, Chesapeake World, War of 1812, Great Trials, Civil War and Reconstruction, American Religious History, American Legal History, American Constitutional History, American Business History
"A Long Journey Home: From Connacht to the Mahoning Valley"
researching a little known mighration route that took the poor Irish of 19th century County Galway to the Black Country of western England and finally to the Mahoning Valley of northeastern Ohio.
"Life and Legacy of Justice John McLean" (Planning)
began as my Master's thesis which I am doing addtional research and writing
"The NAACP's Crusuade Against Race Restrictive Ordinances and Covenants, 1913-1918: A Brief History with Documents"
a study of the NAACP's founding and early legal challenges to race restrictive ordinances and covenants. Manuscript is currently under review by the editors at Bedford/St. Martins