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  History, American Studies

Dr. Mary Cayton

 

caytonmk@muohio.edu

 

Arlington, Virginia

 

Professor of History and American Studies. Mary received her B.A. (Psychology and English majors from the University of Virignia, and her A.M. and Ph.D. from Brown University (American Civilization).  Her area of scholarly expertise is U.S. Intellectual and Cultural History. She is the author of Emerson's Emergence: Self and Society in the Transformation of New England, 1800-1840, as well as co-editor of The Encyclopedia of American Social History and The Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History. Most recently she has served as director of Miami's University Honors Program.

 

Mary lived in the D.C. area during the Vietnam War era and worked during the summers for the Department of Defense from 1972-76.  She was fortunate to be able to sit in on the Vietnam seminar, with the kind permission of the course instructors.