Joseph M. Hall Jr. Explained

Joseph McLean Hall Jr. is a professor, writer, and historian at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine where he specializes in early modern American and Atlantic history, particularly focusing on Native American, European, and environmental interactions in North America. He is a nationally recognized historian for his research in Native American history and in addition to his work in academia, he often writes articles that contribute to newspapers and gives presentations to public audiences.[1] [2] [3] [4] Hall is currently working on a book project concerning the Maine Coast and the Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area in collaboration with Bates faculty in the natural sciences. He is an associate professor at Bates in the History department and the Environmental Studies (ES) program, having recently chaired the ES program and multiple hiring committees for new ES faculty.[5] He also received the 2009 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching and the honor of delivering the 2018 Convocation Address at Bates.[6] [7]

Hall is originally from Newport, Rhode Island and received his B.A. at Amherst College (1991) and his M.A. (1995) and Ph.D. (2001) at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.[8] He is the author of many articles, essays, and popular books including Zamumo’s Gifts: Indian-European Exchange in the Colonial Southeast (2012)[9] and Making an Indian People: Creek Formation in the Colonial Southeast, 1590-1735 (2001).[10] His works have been positively reviewed and cited in peer-reviewed journals such as The Journal of Southern History,[11] The Florida Historical Quarterly,[12] The William and Mary Quarterly, and Maine History.[13] [14] [15]

Hall focuses on teaching rather than research and offers a diversity of courses at Bates, many of which are cross-listed in the Africana, American Studies, and/or Environmental Studies programs.[16]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joseph Hall: Auburn's indigenous history. February 24, 2019.
  2. Web site: Bates professor to discuss Wabanaki place names at AHS annual meeting | Twin City Times. twincitytimes.com.
  3. Web site: History, Geography, and Indigenous Lives: A Conversation Between Lisa Brooks and Joe Hall | Brunswick Downtown Association. Larissa Vigue. Picard. April 13, 2021.
  4. Web site: Shaping the Maine Landscape: Wabanaki in Casco Bay | Falmouth ME. www.falmouthme.org.
  5. Web site: Faculty | Environmental Studies | Bates College. 3 June 2010 .
  6. Web site: History professor Hall receives Kroepsch Award for teaching excellence . 26 February 2009 .
  7. Web site: Convocation 2018 remarks: Associate Professor of History Joseph Hall. September 7, 2018.
  8. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-09-18 . 2018-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180918231224/https://www.bates.edu/history/faculty/joseph-hall/ . dead .
  9. Joseph M. Hall Jr., Zamumo’s Gifts: Indian-European Exchange in the Colonial Southeast (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012), http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14664.html
  10. Book: Hall, Joseph M. . Making an Indian People: Creek Formation in the Colonial Southeast, 1590-1735 . 2001 . University of Wisconsin--Madison . en.
  11. Stern, Jessica Ross, "Zamumo's Gifts: Indian-European Exchange in the Colonial Southeast," The Journal of Southern History; Athens Vol. 77, Iss. 1, (Feb 2011): 132-133
  12. Murphree . Daniel . Fisher . Linford D. . Hall . Joseph M. . 2010 . Review of Zamumo's Gifts: Indian-European Exchange in the Colonial Southeast, Joseph M. Hall Jr. . The Florida Historical Quarterly . 89 . 2 . 252–254 . 29765168 . 0015-4113.
  13. The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 4 (October 2014), pp. 611-631 (21 pages), Published By: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
  14. Hall . Joseph . 2015 . Glimpses of Roanoke, Visions of New Mexico, and Dreams of Empire in the Mixed-Up Memories of Gerónimo de la Cruz . The William and Mary Quarterly . 72 . 2 . 323–350 . 10.5309/willmaryquar.72.2.0323 . 142309119 . 1933-7698.
  15. Hall . Joseph . 2016 . Was the "S" for Silent?: The Maine Indian Land Claims and Senator Edmund S. Muskie . Maine History . en . 50 . 1 . 4–29 . 1090-5413.
  16. Web site: Courses | History | Bates College. 13 July 2010 .