"Life, Liberty, and Opportunity: The Struggle for Freedom in Tidewater Maryland, 1634-1865"

June 19-24 and June 26-July 1, 2005

A National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Landmarks of American History Program

Faculty and Staff

Principal Faculty:  Dr. Zach Messitte is the Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy. He is also an assistant professor of political science at SMCM. Along with Dr. Martin Sullivan, he will be one of two principal faculty in charge of planning the workshops and overseeing the entire two, one-week programd. Dr. Sullivan is the CEO and executive director of the Historic St. Mary’s City Commission and an adjunct professor of history at SMCM.  

Visiting Scholars:   Dr. John Krugler is an associate professor of history at Marquette University. He has recently published, English and Catholic: The Catholic Lords Baltimore and the English Atlantic World in the Seventeenth Century, (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004) and will work with participants on the theme of religious toleration and representative government. Dr. Anne Marshall is a Civil War historian who is an assistant professor of history at Franklin College in Indiana. She received her doctorate from the University of Georgia and is an expert in the role of border states (in particular, Kentucky) during the Civil War. Dr. Edward Papenfuse Jr. has held the positions of Maryland State Archivist and Commissioner of Land Patents since 1975. As director of the extensive activities of the Maryland State Archives in Annapolis, Dr. Papenfuse is responsible for the Archives' vast collection of government and private materials. He is the author of numerous articles and books, most recently, he has developed an approach to providing reference services and teaching courses on the World Wide Web of the Internet.  Dr. Helen Rountree is a professor emeritus of anthropology at Old Dominion University. She is an expert in North American Indian culture and the author of four books about the Chesapeake Native Americans. She will work with participants on understanding the indigenous population of the region.

Master Teachers:  Ms. Marylin Arrigan is the education director of the Sotterley Plantation and co-chair of the St. Mary’s County, Maryland Public Schools/Sotterley Articulation Committee, which conducts education programs for the county. She is also the Director of the Maryland Summer Center for the Gifted and Talented and the Junior Docent Program. She will be in charge of coordinating program events at the Sotterley Plantation. Ms. Dorsey Bodeman is the director of public programs at HSMC. She is also a former teacher of U.S. History in the Cherry Creek public schools system in Aurora, Colorado. She will run program events at HSMC and assist in coordinating the workshop program.  Ms. Barbara O’Connor is a the chair of the social studies department at Conrad Weiser High School in Robesonia, Pennsylvania where she teaches honors American History, Sociology, and Advanced Placement Government and Politics. A three-time winner, (including, 2004) of Conrad Weiser High School’s Teacher of the Year Award, she will be in charge of running the lesson plan sessions.

Additional Faculty from Host Institutions:  Other scholars on the SMCM and HSMC staffs will be among the teaching faculty. From St. Mary's College, associate professor of political science Dr. Michael Cain, associate professor of anthropology Dr. Iris Carter Ford (scholar of African-American slavery), assistant professor of history Dr. Jane Calvert (colonial American historian) will participate. Dr. Julia King, Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum Director, Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, Director of the SMCM SlackWater project and adjunct professor of anthropology, HSMC director of research Dr. Henry M. Miller (historical archaeologist) and interpretive site supervisors Ms. Jan Dabkowski (Woodland Indian Hamlet), and Aaron Meisinger (Godiah Spray tobacco plantation) will also lead discussions and tours.

Support Staff: The workshop is supported by Office Associate Barbara Woodel and two St. Mary's College of Maryland class of 2005 graduates, Gregory Maly and Christopher Neu.