Seth Rockman Explained

Discipline:	American history
Spouse:	Tara Nummedal
Awards:	Merle Curti Award (2010) Philip Taft Labor History Book Award (2010)
Sub Discipline:	History of slavery

Seth Rockman is an American historian. He is an associate professor of history at Brown University.^[1] He is the recipient of the Merle Curti Award and the Philip Taft Labor History Book Award for his 2009 book Scraping By: Wage Labor, Slavery, and Survival in Early Baltimore.^[2]

Biography

Rockman was born in Indiana and raised in San Francisco. He received his B.A. from Columbia University and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis.^[3] He taught at Occidental College before joining the Brown University faculty in 2004. His scholarship has focused on the history of slavery and capitalism in the United States.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

In 2010, Rockman was the co-winner of the Merle Curti Award from the Organization of American Historians.^[8] He also received the 2010 Philip Taft Labor History Book Award from the Cornell University ILR School.^[9]

Personal life

Rockman is married to fellow Brown historian Tara Nummedal.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Seth E. Rockman Department of History Brown University . 2022-05-30 . www.brown.edu.
2. Web site: Rockman, Seth . 2022-05-30 . vivo.brown.edu . en.
3. Web site: Columbia College Today . 2022-05-30 . www.college.columbia.edu.
4. Web site: 2022-02-03 . AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Riveted: The History of Jeans . 2022-05-30 . KPBS Public Media . en.
5. Web site: Beckert . Sven . Rockman . Seth . 2011-04-02 . Partners in Iniquity . 2022-05-30 . Opinionator . en-US.
6. Web site: Rothman . Joshua D. . The history of American slavery is also a history of capitalism's dark side . 2022-05-30 . Quartz . 20 September 2016 . en.
7. Web site: Knowledge . HBS Working . The Clear Connection Between Slavery And American Capitalism . 2022-05-30 . Forbes . en.
8. Web site: Merle Curti Award Winners OAH . 2022-05-30 . www.oah.org.
9. Web site: Past Award Recipients . 2022-05-30 . The ILR School Cornell University . en.
10. Web site: Coe . Alexis . 2013-01-17 . Being Married Helps Professors Get Ahead, but Only If They're Male . 2022-05-30 . The Atlantic . en.