F. Andrew McMichael
Associate Professor of History
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd. Bldg #21086
Bowling Green, KY 42101
(270) 745-7023
Positions
- Associate Professor, Western Kentucky University, 2007 – present
- Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University, 2002 – 2007
- Assistant Editor, Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Princeton University. 2000-2002
Current Projects
- Researching an article meant to contextualize slave punishment across the colonial Atlantic World through an analysis of the racialization of torture and severe punishment. I begin my examination within the context of medieval torture, colonial punishment of whites and Africans, as well as punishment in African slave societies.
- Beginning a book that will place the Seven Years’/French and Indian War into an Atlantic context, examining the ways in which that war helped determine which empire would control commerce on the Atlantic Ocean.
- Completing a book tentatively entitled “The Doorways of Havana,” that examines the cultural and historical space of the many doorways in the older section of the city of Havana. The idea of this volume is to not only highlight the architectural beauty of the colonial buildings in Old Havana, but to also use the doorway itself to frame culture in the old city. Research and photography completed, February 2007.
Education
- Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2000
- MA, George Mason University, 1996
- BA, George Mason University, 1993
Courses Taught
- Colonial American History, The American Revolution and Early Republic, The Cultural History of Alcohol in America, History of the Atlantic World, Slavery and Freedom in the Americas, Jefferson’s America, History and the Internet, Latin American Studies, History of Western Civilization through 1650, History of the United States to 1865, History of the United States Since 1865
Books
- 1492: Convergence of Cultures (writing; under contract, Harlan Davidson)
- Atlantic Identities: Americans in Spanish West Florida, 1785-1810. University of Georgia Press, Fall 2007
- History on the Web: Using and Evaluating the Internet. Harlan-Davidson, 2005
- The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 30. Assistant Editor. Princeton University Press, 2003
Refereed Articles and Chapters
- “Intersections of Loyalty and Identity on the Spanish Borderlands,” in Gene Smith, ed. Nexus of Empire: Loyalty and National Identity in the Gulf Borderlands, 1763-1821 (forthcoming)
- “William Dunbar,” and “The Kemper Rebellion” in the Mississippi Encyclopedia, Charles Reagan Wilson, ed. (Forthcoming, University Press of Mississippi, 2007)
- “Maintaining Loyalty in the West Florida Borderlands: Land as Cause and Effect in the West Florida Revolution of 1810” in Richmond Brown, ed. Coastal Encounters: Confrontations, Accommodations, and Transformations in the Eighteenth-Century Gulf South (Forthcoming, University of Nebraska Press, Fall 2007)
- “Civilization III and My Students’ Discontent” in The History Teacher 40:2 (Feb., 2007)
- “Slavery in Ecclesiastical Archives: Preserving the Records” with Jane Landers, Paul Lovejoy, and Mariza Soares, in the Hispanic American Historical Review, 86:2 (May, 2006) (currently being translated into Portuguese for publication in Brazil)
- "The Kemper 'Rebellion,' Filibustering, and Resident Anglo-American Loyalty in Spanish West Florida," in Louisiana History 43:2 (Spring, 2002)
- "Thomas Jefferson and John Freeman" in Annotation, 29:2 (June, 2001)
- "Inscribing Your Future: The Trials and Tribulations of Applying to Graduate School," in Perspectives, 36:6 (September, 1998). With John A. King
- "The Historian, the Internet, and the Web: A Reassessment," in Perspectives, 36:2 (February, 1998)
- "Historians and the Web: A Beginner's Guide," in Perspectives, 34:1 (January, 1996) With Michael O'Malley and Roy Rosenzweig
Recent Conference Papers/Invited Lectures
- “Constructing National Loyalty on the Borderlands: Americans in Spanish Territory,” Association for Research in Ethnicity and Nationalism in the Americas, Seville, Spain, July 2006
- “Guerilla Preservation: Slave Serial Records in the Atlantic World: An NEH Project,” The Allen Morris Conference on the History of Florida and the Atlantic World, Feb 2006
- “Ecclesiastical Sources and Historical Research on the African Diaspora in Brazil and Cuba,” Memory and Methodology: Workshop on the African Diaspora, Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora, York University, July 2005
- “Land and the Development of National Loyalty on the Southern Borderlands,” Virginia-Carolinas-Georgia Colonialists Meeting, March 2004
- “‘Lawyers as serious nuisances’: Maintaining Order and Identity on the Surrounded Borderlands,” American Historical Association Annual Meeting, January 2004
- More than a dozen other papers at conferences such as the Ohio Valley History Conference, the Howard Mahan Symposium on the Colonial Gulf South, Princeton University Women's Center Lecture Series, the Omohundro Institute for Early American History and Culture, the Southern Historical Association, the American Historical Association, and the Tennessee Conference of Historians
Conference Activity
- Panel Chair and Commentator, “Anglo/Spanish Contests in the Eighteenth-Century Circum-Caribbean,” Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting, November 2004.
- Panel Chair and Commentator, “Topics in Undergraduate Research and Teaching,” Ohio Valley History Conference, October 2004
- Panel Chair, "Slave Law and Society on the Eve of Emancipation." American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, January 2003
- Panel Chair and Commentator, "Labor, Health and Race Relations in Latin America and the Caribbean." Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting, November 2002
- Commentator, "Slavery: Expansion and Interstate Trade in the Early Republic." Ohio Valley History Conference, Austin Peay University, October 2002
- Commentator, "American Indians North and South." Tennessee Conference of Historians Annual Meeting, September 2000
- Commentator, "Southern History Perspectives." Phi Alpha Theta Mid-South Regional Conference, February 2000
Book, Manuscript, and Article Reviews
- More than a dozen book reviews in history journals such as the Journal of American History, the Western Historical Quarterly, The Hispanic American Historical Review, several state and regional journals, History: Reviews of New Books, and more than two dozen book reviews for the local Bowling Green newspaper, the Daily News
- Manuscript reviews for the Journal of Southern History, the Florida Historical Quarterly
- Anonymous reviewing for several textbook publishers
Media Consultation
- Co-producer and co-host “Books from the Hill,” a radio show for WKYU-NPR, 2007
- Ecclesiastical Sources and History for the African Diaspora in Cuba and Brazil (An NEH Collaborative Research Project), 2004 – present
- Assistant Producer for “The Week in History,” a pilot “interstitial” television program for PBS. 2005-2006
- Weekly History Trivia Contest for the Bowling Green Daily News, 2005
- “This Day In History” (A segment I produced for WBKO (an ABC-TV affiliate)), 2004
- Echo Project, Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. 2000-2003
- Web Consultant, Vanderbilt Oral History Project. Summer/Fall, 1999
- Internet and Web Consultant for American Historical Association. September 1996-1998
- Webmaster, American Historical Association. Full-time employment, 1995-1996
- The History Channel-Test Bank Questions to Accompany Video Series "The Lincoln Assassination," 1996
Grants and Fellowships
- Teaching American History (NEH), 2006-2008
- Teaching American History (NEH), 2003-2006
- Provost’s Initiative for Excellence, 2005-2006
- WKU Summer Research Stipend for research in Havana, Cuba, Summer 2006
- WKU Summer Research Stipend for research in Seville, Spain, Summer 2006
- WKU Summer Research Stipend for research in London, Summer 2005
- WKU Junior Faculty Fellowship for research in Havana, Summer 2004
- University of Glasgow Early American Studies Fellowship, Summer, 2001
- Vanderbilt Dissertation Enhancement Grant for research in Havana, Cuba, Summer 1999
- William Campbel Binkley Graduate Education Fund Grant, Spring 1999
- Herbert and Blanche Henry Weaver Fellowship, Spring 1999
Professional Activity—Service
- President, Latin American and Caribbean Section, Southern Historical Association, 2006
- Membership Committee, Southern Historical Association, 2005
- Director, History Contest, Western Kentucky University, 2002-Current
- Co-Editor, H-Atlantic (H-Net mailing list for historians of the Atlantic World), 2001-Current
- Co-Editor, H-SHEAR (Society of Historians of the Early American Republic), 2004-Current
- Book Review Editor, H-Amstdy (H-Net mailing list for American Studies), 2002- 2005
- H-Net Network Planning Committee, 2001-Current
- H-Net International Committee, 2001-Current
- Secretary/Treasurer, Latin American and Caribbean Section, SHA, 2002-2005
- Program Committee Chair, Latin American and Caribbean Section, SHA, 2003
- Co-Editor, H-SAWH (Southern Association for Women Historians), 2000-2003
- Web Editor, H-Net, H-South website, 1998-2001
- Executive Council, Latin American and Caribbean Section, SHA, 1998-1999
- Steering Committee, Southern Conference of Latin American Historians, 1997-1998
Professional Organizations—Membership
- Organization of American Historians
- Conference on Latin American History
- Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
- Southern Association for Women Historians (Life Member)
- Southern Historical Association (Life Member)
- Society of Historians of the Early American Republic
- Latin American and Caribbean Section of the Southern Historical Association