Associate Professor of History
Hillyer Hall 320
860.768.5133
churchill@hartford.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Early American History, Rutgers University 2001
M.A.T., Secondary School Social Studies, Brown University, 1989
B.A., History, Brown University, 1987
Research:
The American Revolution, Political Violence, Militia Movements, Guns in Early America, the Underground Railroad
Publications (selected):
"Gun Regulation, the Police Power, and the Right to Keep Arms in Early America: The Legal Context of the Second Amendment," forthcoming, Law and History Review, 25 (Spring, 2007).
"Gun Ownership in Early America: A Survey of Manuscript Militia Returns," William and Mary Quarterly, 60 (July, 2003).
I advise students with interests in:
High School Social Studies teaching, Graduate work in History
Why you enjoy teaching Hillyer students:
They are challenging and interested and they have an enormous capacity to grow intellectually, which is fun to be a part of.
