Present | Associate Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ Department of History | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
St. Louis History, Early Virginia Colonization, American Indians, Fur Trading, Colonial America, French Creole Culture, Jamestown and 17th-century English Chesapeake Colonization, Ethnohistory of Indian-European Relations, 1580-1840, French St. Louis, 1764-1804, Historiography of U.S. Frontiers, Research Methods, The Powhatan Uprising of 22 March 1622 and Its Implications, and Osage Indians and the St. Louis Fur Trade, 1764-1825
Professional Service and Affiliations
2009Â -Â 2009 | President, The Center for French Colonial Studies | 2006Â -Â 2006 | Program Chair, 9th North American Fur Trade Conference | 1974Â -Â 1976 | Assistant Editor, The Complete Works of Captain John Smith |
Honors and Awards
- Governor's Award in the Humanities for Community Heritage, 2007
- Best Article of the Year Award, Missouri Conference on History, 2001
- Best Article of the Year Award, Virginia Historical Society, 1991
- Winner of Graduate Student Essay Contest, Southern Conference on British Studies
1977 | PhD, William & Mary | |
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1971 | MA, William & Mary | |
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1970 | AB, Thomas More College ‐ European History | |
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