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CURRICULUM VITAE
Zachary J. Martin, Ph.D.
EducationUniversity of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Ph.D. in United States History
December 2013
Major Fields of Study – Memory in History and Social History, Early
America and Atlantic History, and Slavery and Freedom in
America
Minor Field of Study - Pacific Islands History
Dissertation: “Jack Tar’s Perilous World: Privateers, Impressed
Seafarers, Whalemen, Nautical Abolitionists & Traumatic
Memory in the American Maritime Narrative”
Providence College
Master of Arts Degree in United States History
May 2006
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
Bachelor of Arts Degree in History
May 2004
Professional Teaching Experience°History Adjunct Instructor, Faculty of the Department of History, North Shore
Community College, Danvers, Massachusetts. December 2013-Present.
- Chair of the History Department:
Lawrence Davis, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Courses taught from Spring 2014 to Present
Western Civilization I to 1750
State and Local Government in America
°History Adjunct Instructor, Faculty of the Department of History, Salem State
University, Salem, Massachusetts. January 2009-Present.
- Chair of the History Department:
Donna Seger, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Courses created and taught as online Distance Learning from
Spring 2009 to Present
U.S. History and Constitutional Government (WebCT Course)*
The West and the World I (WebCT Course)*
The West and the World II (WebCT Course)*
Undergraduate Upper-Level Course taught in Spring 2010
American Civil War
°History Adjunct Instructor, Faculty of the Department of Behavioral and Social
Sciences, Bristol Community College, Fall River, Massachusetts. May 2006-Present
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- Director of Behavioral and Social Sciences:
Calvin McFadden, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Courses taught from Fall 2006 to Present
American Civilization I
American Civilization II
United States Government
American Urban Government and Politics
United States History to 1877
United States History from 1877
Early Modern Europe
Undergraduate Courses created and taught as online Distance Learning from
Fall 2007 to Present
American Civilization I (WebCT Course)*
Urban Government and Politics (WebCT Course)*
°History Adjunct Instructor, Faculty of the Department of History, Roger Williams
University, Bristol Rhode Island. August 2007 – August 2010 & August 2013 - Present.
- Chair of the History Department:
Jeffrey Meriwether, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Courses taught from Fall 2007to Spring 2010
United States History I to 1865
United States History I from 1865
History in the Modern World: The Idea of Democracy
* Developed Distance Learning Web Course
Publications Martin, Zachary J. The Mindless Menace of Violence: Robert F. Kennedy’s
Vision and the Fierce Urgency of Now. Lanham: Hamilton Books, 2009.
Martin, Zachary J. Martyr to Freedom: The Life and Death of Captain
Daniel Drayton. Lanham: University Press of America, 2007.
Historical CoursesTaken in Pursuit of Ph.D. at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Major Fields of American History
Historiography
Trauma, Memory, and History
19th Century America – Biographical and Social History
Early America (Atlantic World Context)
Race and Liberalism in America
American Early National Period
America and the World
Ethnographic History
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Minor Field of Pacific Islands History
19th Century Pacific Islands
20th (and 21st) Century Pacific Islands
Language: Spanish
Methodology: Ethnographic History and Memory in History
Taken in Pursuit of the M.A. in History at Providence College
Major: United States History
Historical Methodology
United States History in the Age of Jackson
Immigrant in America
The Early National Period
The Civil War
American Diplomatic History: Mexican-American War till World War I
History of the United States, 1945-Present
American Revolution Seminar: Topic- “The Die is Cast: George Robert Twelve’s
Hughes and the Boston Tea Party”
Minor: Modern European History
Europe, 1914-1933
World War II
Language: Spanish
Taken in Pursuit of the B.A. in History at the Univ. of Mass. at DartmouthMajor: United States History
United States History to 1877
United States History from 1877
New England Maritime History
Civil War and Reconstruction
American Colonial and Constitutional History
Plymouth Colony 1620-1692
American Revolution
19th Century New Bedford Seminar
Minor: Ancient and Modern European History
History of Western Civilization I
History of Western Civilization II
The Holocaust
History of World War II
Medieval History
Roman Civilization
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Language: Spanish
Scholarly ActivitiesPaper Presentations, Lectures and Professional Conferences
April 24, 2004: Regional Conference for the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor
Society at Roger Williams University, Bristol Rhode Island.
Presented paper titled “Martyr to Freedom the Life and Death of Captain
Daniel Drayton.”
March 22, 2006: Marine Science Symposium held at the University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth, N. Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
Historical Lecture, Martyr to Freedom: The Life and Death of Captain
Daniel Drayton.
May 11, 2006: New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Historical lecture, Martyr to Freedom: The Life and Death of Captain
Daniel Drayton.
January 10, 2008: New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA.
Historical lecture about published work, Mindless Menace of Violence:
Robert F. Kennedy’s Vision and the Fierce Urgency of Now.
May 21, 2009: Baker Books, North Dartmouth, MA
Historical lecture about published work, Mindless Menace of Violence:
Robert F. Kennedy’s Vision and the Fierce Urgency of Now.
October 8, 2009: New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA.
Historical lecture about article, “The Sleep of Death: Barnabas Downs,
the Brig General Arnold and Memory in Maritime New England.”
Related Academic Work ExperienceMuseum Interpreter/Docent, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum,
Boston, MA. September 2009-2010
- Katherine Farrior, Docent Coordinator
Academic Advisor, Academic Advisement and Counseling Department, Bristol
Community College, Fall River, Massachusetts. November 2005-2010.
Coordinator of Evening Advisement, Academic Advisement Department, Bristol
Community College, Fall River, Massachusetts. August 2006- 2008.
- Administrative Position
- Assistant to the Director of Advisement:
Margaret C. O’Brien, M.Ed., Bridgewater State College
Special Needs and Learning Disability Therapist, Special Needs Department,
Fairhaven Public Schools, Fairhaven, Massachusetts. September 2004-January
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Academic Awards, Positions, and Honor SocietiesGraduate President of PAT Chapter – Alpha-Beta-Epsilon (2011-2012)
Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society (2011) – University of Hawaii at Manoa Chapter
of the Graduate History Honor Society – Alpha-Beta-Epsilon
Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society (2006) - Providence College Chapter of the
Graduate History Honor Society – Alpha-Epsilon-Xi
Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society (2004) - University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
chapter of the History Honor Society – Alpha-Eta-Theta
Awarded for Scholastic Achievement in History, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
(2004)
Golden Key International Honor Society (2004) – University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth International Honor Society
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