Faculty News

Recent "In the News" of our History faculty!

2025

December

• Emily Blanck, "Trump Admin Removing MLK Day From National Parks Free Days Sparks Backlash"

November

• Jessica Mack, "Applying digital technology to illuminate history"

October

• Debbie Sharnak, "Brazillian Belonging: Jewish Politics in Cold War Latin America" ( Review)
• Kelly Duke-Bryant, "Meet the Authors: Kelly Duke-Bryant"
• Jen Janofsky, Bill Carrigan, "Ken Burns previews latest documentary at Rowan"
• Melissa Klapper, "Professor Melissa Klapper Joins the JN Book Club To Discuss the Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai, a Rare Jewish Confederate Perspective"

June

• Jody Russell Manning, "25 U.S. Cadets & Midshipmen Arrive In Poland For Auschwitz Jewish Center's American Service Academies Program."
• Jen Janofsky, “Look Up with Darley: Revolutionary South Jersey” Debuts on NJ PBS."
• Jen Janofsky, "Explore hidden Revolutionary War history in Camden, Red Bank Battlefield and beyond."

May

• Debbie Sharnak, "The Trump Administration is Trying to Change the Historical Definition of Human Rights."
• Kelly Duke-Bryant, "Congratulations, Dr. Kelly Duke Bryant! Her book, "Negotiating Childhood: French Colonialism and African Children in Senegal 1848-1940" is being published in February 2026..."
• Stephen Hague & Jody Russell Manning, "From the humanities to healing: History degree complete, Zarqum Masood looks to a future in medicine."

April

• Jen Janofsky, "Teaching Revolutionary NJ Symposium at Atlantic Cape to Feature Discussions with Nearly a Dozen Historians, Scholars and Educators."
• Q. Edward Wang, "Congratulations to Professor Q. Edward Wang on his recent panel appearance at Harvard’s “Intellectual Frontiers” series!"
• Jen Janofsky, "Margate middle schoolers get a bird's eye view of their future."
• Mikkel Dack, "Addressing right-wing extremism by applying lessons of the past."
• Congratulations go to Jody Russell Manning for winning the CHSS Excellence in Service Award!
• Congratulations go to Debbie Sharnak for winning the Pre-Tenured Research Award! 
• Jennifer Janofsky, "Science, creative inquiry celebrated during Rowan Research Day."

March

• Joshua Gedacht, "Settling the Sulu Zone: US Empire, Chinese Networks, and Muslim Moros in the Southern Philippines, 1899-1920's."
• Jessica Mack, "Discovery and collaboration through technology: New Center for Digital Humanities Research opens."
• Jody Russell Manning, "Holocaust & Genocide Education Scholar Leads Study Abroad Programs."
• Jessica Mack, "Rowan Digital Humanities Research Center Opens."

February

• Jessica Mack, "Take a Look at this year's recap on Douglass Day."
• Jody Russell Manning, "Rowan historian’s research contributes to play on Nazi-era photos."

January

• Jody Russell Manning, NBC 10 International Holocaust Remembrance Day 
• Jody Russell Manning, 6 ABC International Holocaust Remembrance Day
• Jody Russell Manning, "RCHGHR screens “Psychology of Neo-Nazis: Another Journey by Train to Auschwitz.”
• Melissa R. Klapper, "A Jewish, racist daughter of the Confederacy."
• Debbie Sharnak "Jimmy Carter's Dark Legacy in El Salvador."
• Chanelle Rose, "At first-ever Amistad Conference, teachers, scholars, community leaders explore innovative ways of teaching Black history."

2024

December

• Melissa R. Klapper, ‘The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai’: Rowan historian completes late colleague’s book focusing on Jewish life in the South. 
• Janet Moore Lindman, “’And well improved each moment as it flies’:  Spiritual Utility and Quaker Art,” EAS Miscellany, December 15, 2024. Read More

November

• Janet Moore Lindman, “And well improve each moment as it flies”: Spiritual Utility and Quaker Art 
• Jody Russel Manning, "Reverent remembrance: Conference on Holocaust memorial books brings international scholars to Rowan" 

October

• Jennifer Janofsky, "Facing history: In 2022, remains of Hessian soldiers were discovered at Red Bank Battlefield"  

September

• Edward Wang, "Japan a Good Fit for Chinese Intellectuals, Investors"
• William Carrigan, "Operation Uganda Renewed: Students, faculty give new life to 1960s initiative supporting African culture, history"

New Publications

• Janet Moore Lindman, "'Frequent Self-Examination Is the Duty of All':  Practical Religion, Moral Improvement, and Transatlantic Protestantism." Early American Studies Vol. 22, #4 (2024):647-680.