Ellen Holmes Pearson, Ph.D.
Fall, 2007 Freshman Colloquium Class and members of the South Asheville Cemetery Board, October, 2007
Ellen
Pearson with her undergraduate history connections from Spring Hill College.
From the left, Lawrence Bryant, former History Professor at SHC, now Professor
Emeritus, California State, Chico; Patricia Harrison, Professor of History,
Spring Hill College;
Richmond Brown, B.A. History, SHC, 1983, Associate Director, Center for Latin
American Studies, University of Florida;
Rev. Mark Lewis, S.J., B.A. History, SHC, 1980, New Orleans Provincial for the
Society of Jesus.
New Hall 219
828-251-6651
epearson@unca.edu
Office
Hours, Fall, 2009
Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 2-3 p.m.
or by appointment
Education:
Ph.D., History, The
Johns Hopkins University, 2000
M.A., History, The Johns Hopkins University, 1998
M.A., History, The University of New Orleans, 1996
B.A., Spring Hill College, 1984, summa cum laude
Teaching Interests:
Colonial and
Revolutionary Americas
Cultural and Intellectual History
American Legal Culture
Early Modern Atlantic World
Native American History
Research Interests and Publications:
Professor Pearson's book, "A Difference of Customs: Legal Scholars and the Construction of Identity in Early America," is forthcoming from the University of Virginia Press. Her recent publications include book chapters on the legal rights of free people of color in antebellum New Orleans and American legal scholars' interpretations of the common law, published by Louisiana State University and Johns Hopkins University Presses, and an essay on Connecticut during the Revolution and early national period, published by Greenwood Press. Professor Pearson has served as faculty for a National Endowment for the Humanities Workshop entitled "Wiping Away the Tears: Renewing Cherokee Culture and American History through the Cherokee Heritage Center and the Trail of Tears." She has given papers at conferences for the New England American Studies Association, the American Society for Legal History, and the Organization of American Historians.
Course Web pages:
Jefferson's America (HIST 304)
American Indian History to 1840 (HIST 382)
My U.S. History
to 1877 (HIST 101) classes can be found on Moodle
Every single one of my students should read the following documents:
Departmental requirements for meeting minimum competency for the Senior Thesis
UNCA's Writing Center do-it-yourself writing tips
General standards for papers and essay exams
The Ten Commandments of Good Historical Writing, by Theron F. Schlabach
George Tindall's Ten Commandments of Writing: "Clio's Decalogue"
Taking Lecture and class notes (Dartmouth University)
Other useful links:
Common abbreviations for footnotes and other places
Examples of annotations for bibliography
Plagiarism and
How to avoid it (Indiana University)