Fitchburg State College Faculty

Teresa Thomas

Social Science

Office Information:
Miller Hall, Room 4A

Phone: 978-665-4587
Email: tthomas@fsc.edu

Office Hours:
Semester: Fall 2009

Tuesdays and Thursdays
11:30-12:30

Courses Taught:

• World Civilizations III (HIST 1150)
• United States History I and II (HIST 1400 and 1500)
• Intro. to Secondary School Teaching (HIST 2860)
• Cold War (HIST 3750)
• Vietnam: A Century of Conflict
• United States in World Affairs (HIST 3850)
• Modern Italian-American History (HIST 3422)
• Vietnam (HIST 7020)

Education:

• Ph.D. in History, Clark University, 1996
• M.A. in History, Clark University, 1991

Research Interests:

American foreign relations in the Middle East, modern Mediterranean history focused on Lebanaon and Italy, and modern American diplomatic history.

Current Projects:

Project Director, Teaching American History grant program, a three year federal Department of Education funded project to offer advanced graduate-level training in American History. http://www.fsc.edu/tah/

Representative Publications:

"The Druze" entry in Encyclopedia of the Modern World, editor in chief Peter N. Stearns, Oxford University Press, (scheduled for publication in late 2007).
Book review of Nissim Dana's Druze in Middle East: Their Faith, Leadership, Identity and Status, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 2005.
Review of Jon Alterman's Egypt and American Foreign Assistance 1952-56 Hopes Dashed, H-Net Levant, 2003.