MICHAEL BRADLEY MCCOY CURRICULUM VITAE Instructor Dept. of Global Studies SUNY Orange Middletown, New York 10940 845-341-4105 michael.mccoy@sunyorange.edu EDUCATION * University of Pittsburgh: Ph.D. Candidate, American and Atlantic History Dissertation: “Barbarian Philosophe: Market, Modernity, and Enlightenment on James Smith’s Frontier, 1750-1810.” Dissertation Advisor: Marcus Rediker * University of Pittsburgh: M.A. History (2005) * University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown B.A. Summa Cum Laude, (2001) TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2008-Present Tenure-Track Instructor, SUNY Orange, Department of Global Studies 2007 Full-Time Temporary Instructor, SUNY Orange, Department of Global Studies Spring 2007 Adjunct Instructor, Carlow University at Greensburg 2005-2007 Teaching Fellow, University of Pittsburgh, Department of History 2002-2005 Teaching Assistant, University of Pittsburgh, Department of History COURSES TAUGHT Honors College Courses & Seminars * Honors United States History to 1865 (Seminar/Lecture) * Inhuman Bondage: Race and Slavery from Antiquity to the Present Undergraduate Courses * United States History to 1865 * United States History Since 1865 * English Composition I/US History Since 1865 (Paired Course) * Medieval and Renaissance History * Age of Revolutions, 1500-1815 * Modern Europe, 1815-Present TEACHING FIELDS & INTERESTS * Atlantic History * Early Modern European History * Colonial America/American Revolution * Historiography & Methodology * Pre-Modern Slavery RESEARCH INTERESTS * Transition to capitalism in the rural Atlantic * Social and economic development of frontiers and hinterlands * The Enlightenment * Racial, ethnic, and class cleavages * Identity formation in colonial and post-colonial societies PUBLICATIONS: Articles: * “Barbarian Philosophe: Market, Modernity and Enlightenment on James Smith’s Frontier, 1750-1810,” in Pennsylvania History Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, Special Issue: “Pennsylvania and the Atlantic World” (Forthcoming, Summer 2009) * “Absconding Servants, Anxious Germans, and Angry Sailors: Working People and the Making of the Philadelphia Election Riot of 1742,” in Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, Volume 74, Number 4 (Fall, 2007). Edited Collections: * “The Philadelphia Election Riot,” in Jeffrey A. Davis and Paul D. Newman eds. Perspectives of Pennsylvania’s Past: Essays and Documents (Pearson, Forthcoming). Book Reviews: * R. William Weisberger, Freemasonry on Both Sides of the Atlantic: Essays Concerning the Craft in the British Isles, Europe, the United States and Mexico (East European Monographs, 2002), in Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, Volume 71, Number 3 (Fall, 2004). * Deborah Larsen, The White (Knopf, 2000) Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies Volume 70, Number 3 (Summer, 2003). PROFESSIONAL PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS * “Monstrous Births: Race and Revolution in Rural Pennsylvania, 1776-1801.” Public Lecture. University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (October 2008) * “Monsters and ‘Money-Making Machines:’ Civilization, Barbarism, and the Transition to Capitalism on the Pennsylvania Borderlands.” McNeil Center for Early American Studies, Biennial Graduate Student Conference: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (September 2007) * “Selling Earthly Paradise: The Information Revolution, Travel Narratives, and German Labor in Pennsylvania, 1683-1800.” 31st Annual Symposium of the Society for German American Studies; University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (May 2007) * “Empire, War, and Labor: The Philadelphia Election Riot of 1742 in Atlantic Context.” 74th Annual Pennsylvania Historical Association Conference; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (October 2005) * “In Order to Govern Mankind: The Failure of Patriarchal Political Authority and the Cumberland County Riots of 1765” Phi Alpha Theta Regional History Conference; Gannon University, Erie Pennsylvania (March 2000) PUBLIC HISTORY * Co-Author, Gilman Archives Mission and Vision Statement * Co-Coordinator of Recollection in an Election Year: Ben Gilman and the American Presidency, Opening exhibit for Gilman Center for International Education, SUNY Orange (2008) * Site Manager, Windber Coal Heritage Center, Windber, Pennsylvania (2000-2001) * Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Intern, Bushy Run Battlefield (2000) * Summer Intern/Research, Somerset Historical Center (1998) PROFESSIONAL AND COLLEGE SERVICE * Member, Academic Policy Committee, SUNY Orange * Faculty presenter, SUNY Orange New Student Orientation, Fall 2008 * Co-Advisor, Students for a Democratic Society * Peer Reviewer and Capstone Advisor, Honors College, SUNY Orange (2007-Present) * Member Search Committee, Andrew W. Mellon Chair in History, University of Pittsburgh (2006) REFEREEING & CONSULTING * Journals: Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies * Publishers: Oxford University Press; Pearson Press HONORS AND AWARDS * Teaching Fellowship, with Tuition Remission (2005-2007) * Teaching Assistantship, with Tuition Remission (2002-2005) * University Scholar, University of Pittsburgh (2000) * History Department Award, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (2000) * “Best in Session” Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, Gannon University (2000) * Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Alpha, Phi Eta Sigma LANGUAGES * French reading and translation * German reading translation PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS * Pennsylvania Historical Association * American Historical Association 3 McCoy