Faculty Expert: Roderick McDonald
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Title

Professor of History

Areas of Expertise

African-American History (Particularly Slavery)
Caribbean Region (Economics, History and Politics)
Central America (Economics, History and Politics)
Latin American History
Western/Southern African and Rwandan History

Research Interests

Current Projects: The Ethnography and Pornography of Slavery:  Dr. Jonathan Troup’s Journal of Dominica, 1789-1791 and “’Vile and Despicable Employment’: The Enslavement of Carmelite” (a biographical study of an enslaved woman in New Orleans)

Professional Experience

Director, Revolution to Republic:  Philadelphia’s Place in Early America, a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Landmarks in American History and Culture Workshop for Community College Faculty, 2008, 2010

Editor 2004-09, Journal of the Early Republic

Lecturer, Cunard Cruises, Silversea Cruises and Seabourn Cruises, 2004-present

Recent Publications

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