Michael Santos, PhD

Experience/ Background

• Professor, Lynchburg College
• Instructor, Carnegie-Mellon University
• Director, Carnegie-Mellon University Teaching Center's Summer Program
• Involved in organization of local and campus chapters of Habitat for Humanity
• Mentoring programs for "At-Risk" children
• Founding Director of the LCSR program
• Founding Director of the Center for the History and Culture of Central Virginia
• Visiting Researcher, Mystic Seaport Museum

Degrees and Certifications

• BA 1978 Stonehill College
• MA 1979 Carnegie-Mellon University
• Doctor of Arts 1984 Carnegie-Mellon University

Honors and Awards

• 2000: T.A. Abbott Award for Faculty Excellence
• 1999: Shirley Rosser Excellence in Teaching Award

Information on Courses Taught

• World Civilizations
• American Social History
• America in the 1960s
• United States to 1877
• United States since 1877
• Rise of the American City
• United States and the World
• Introduction to Historical Study and Writing
• Seminar in History
• Seminar in Research Methods for Historians

The main focus in all the content courses is legacies - how has the past shaped today?
Style - lots of discussion, debates and role-plays to make history come alive. The research methods classes feature a lot of hands-on experience.

Publications

• A Beacon Through the Years: A History of Lynchburg College, 1903-2003 (Virginia Beach: Donning Publishing Company, 2005)
• Caught In Irons: North Atlantic Fishermen in the Last Days of Sail (Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania: Susquehanna University Press, 2002)

Works in Progress

• Nukes, Spooks, and Kooks: United States Foreign Policy Since 1945
  
  The Elephant and the Mouse: U.S.-Canadian Relations during the Vietnam War

Professional/Research Interests

• United State diplomatic, labor, social, urban, southern, maritime, and local history interests
• Book and articles on fisherman in the last days of sail, the history of Lynchburg College, and U.S. foreign policy
• Articles on Pittsburgh iron workers
• Research on Central Virginia history and culture

Personal Interests and Information

Married with one son, I am into cycling, sailing, and old cars. Family is my first priority with teaching and social service a close second.