TITLES/RESPONSIBILITIES
Assistant Professor
ACADEMIC SCHOOL
School of Arts & Sciences
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
History
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office phone: (716) 375-2242
E-mail: spitt@sbu.edu
OFFICE LOCATION
Doyle Hall 135
COURSES TAUGHT
- HIS 101. Europe to 1815
- HIS 359. U.S. in the World
- CLAR 401. Senior Forum
ACADEMIC DEGREES
- Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2015
- M.A., University at Buffalo
- B.A., Buffalo State College
OTHER EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- “Building and Outfitting Ships in Colonial Boston,” Early American Studies 13.4 (Fall 2015): 881–907.
- “Cotton Mather and Boston’s ‘Seafaring Tribe,’” New England Quarterly 85.2 (June 2012): 222–252.
Selected Awards and Fellowships
- The Frank C. Munson Institute of American Maritime Studies, Mystic Seaport, “The American Maritime Commons,” NEH Summer Institute Fellowship, June 27 through July 29, 2016
- Colonial Society of Massachusetts Fellowship, New England Regional Fellowship Consortium (2013-2014)
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS/PROJECTS
PERSONAL INTERESTS/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
WEB & DOCUMENT LINKS