History Archive

Charles Sohaskey, Chapman University – Vampires and Tuberculosis

This Halloween, be on the lookout for vampires – and tuberculosis. Charles Sohaskey, post-doctoral research faculty

Jeremy Wells, Roger Williams University – Haunted Houses

Is this place haunted? Jeremy Wells, assistant professor of historic preservation at Roger Williams University, delves

Jack Rakove, Stanford University – Executive Power and the Electoral College

How did the Electoral College come to be? Jack Rakove, professor of history and political science

Victoria Pagan, University of Florida – Conspiracy Theories

Could modern conspiracy theories be traced back to ancient Rome? Victoria Pagan, professor of classics at

Curtis Dozier, Vassar College – Political Rhetoric

What do Aristotle and sound bites have in common? Curtis Dozier, visiting assistant professor of Greek

Alistair Evans, Monash University – Predicting Human Evolution through our Teeth

  How similar are our teeth to our ancestor’s? Alistair Evans, senior research fellow at Monash

Kevin Hatala, Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology – Footprints of Homo Erectus

Did Homo Erectus walk as we do today? Kevin Hatala, post-doctoral researcher at the Max Planck

Charles Mitchell, University at Buffalo – Mass Extinction

Extinction doesn’t always happen in the blink of an eye. Charles Mitchell, professor in the geology

James Kimble, Seton Hall University – Who was the real Rosie The Riveter?

Who was Rosie the Riveter? James Kimble, associate professor of Communication at Seton Hall University, on

Simon Darroch, Vanderbilt University – Cambrian Explosion

What came before the animals we all know today? Simon Darroch, assistant professor in the department