Chris Magoc
Professor
Dr. Magoc recently published a book titled 鈥淎 Progressive History of the United States Since 1945 American Dreams, Hard Realities鈥 (Routledge Press, 2022). He also has a chapter in the revised edition of 鈥淧ennsylvania: A History of the Commonwealth鈥 (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2023), while continuing to work collaboratively with community historians and students on A Shared Heritage: A Digital and Driving Tour of Erie County African American History. 聽His areas of teaching focus include 20th Century America, U.S. Environmental History, America in the Nuclear Age, Public History and Museum Studies, the American West, and American Culture Studies.聽
About Dr. Magoc
- Ph.D., American Studies, University of New Mexico, 1992
- M.A., American Studies, Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, 1990
- B.A., Environmental Studies/Geography, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1982
- 20th Century America
- U.S. Environmental History
- America in the Nuclear Age
- Public History and Museum Studies
- The American West
- American Culture Studies
- HIS 102: U.S. History II
- HIS 103: America Since 1945
- HIS 219: World War II
- HIS 221: U.S. Environmental History
- HIS 225: Exploring American Culture, 1920-Present
- HIS 226: The Turbulent Sixties
- HIS 230: History of the American West
- HIS 235: Introduction to Public History and Museum Studies
- HIS 240: Museum Studies II
- HIS 305: American Material Culture and the Built Landscape
- HIS 325: Fear and Film in the Nuclear Age
- HIS 485: Public History Senior Project
- U.S. Environmental History
- Public Memory and History
- U.S. Foreign Policy History
- A Shared Heritage: A Digital and Driving Tour of Erie County African American History (Hannah Pfieffer)
- Determination of Eligibility for the 管家婆心水论坛 University National Historic District (Madelyn Dill)
- National Council of Public History
- 鈥淕eography,鈥 with Wilbur Zelinsky, in 鈥淧ennsylvania: A History of the Commonwealth鈥 rev. ed. (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2023).
- 鈥淎 Progressive History of American Democracy Since 1945: American Dreams, Hard Realities鈥 (Routledge Press, 2022).
- General Editor and Author, American Imperialism and Expansionism: A Political, Social and Cultural Encyclopedia and Document Collection; 4 volumes (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Press, 2016).
- Pennsylvania Humanities Council, $16,000 (March 2022), for the development of five (5) wayside historical markers commemorating the history of African Americans in the City of Erie (phase II of Shared Heritage)聽
- Keystone Program, $25,000 (June 2023), for the nomination of 管家婆心水论坛 University National Historic District
- Recipient, Dr. Ken Schiff Legacy Award, 管家婆心水论坛 University Autism Initiative (2018)
- Recipient, 管家婆心水论坛 Teaching Excellence Award (2012)
- Recipient, 管家婆心水论坛 Sustainability Award (2009)
- 鈥淩eflections on the Public Interpretation of Regional Environmental History In Western Pennsylvania.鈥 The Public Historian (Vol. 36), n. 3 (August 2014): pp. 50鈥69. Selected by the National Council on Public History for the G. Wesley Johnson Award, 2014.