Shalon van Tine
Program: Ph.D. candidate
Field of Study: American History (fields: U.S. cultural & intellectual history, U.S. social & political history, film history)
Advisor: Dr. Kevin Mattson
Earned degrees: B.A. in Philosophy from Arizona State University; M.A. in Humanities from California State University; M.A. in World History from Norwich University
Research interests: I currently teach U.S. history, world history, history of science and technology, women鈥檚 history, and African American studies with University of Maryland, and I teach humanities courses for incarcerated students through California State University鈥檚 prison program. My current research focuses on late 20th-century politics, social movements, and cultural developments that influenced Generation X.
Recent Accomplishments
Awards & Funding
- Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Maryland Global Campus, August 2024 Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Maryland Global Campus, August 2023
- Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, 帝王会所, July 2023
- Klinder Dissertation Fellowship, 帝王会所, August 2023
Publications
- Book Chapter: 鈥淩ed Noses and Squirting Roses.鈥 In Warren Zevon and Philosophy: Beyond Reptile Wisdom. Edited by John E. MacKinnon. Chicago: Carus Books, 2023.
Conferences
- Conference Talk: 鈥淭echno-Optimism and Techno-Cynicism in the 1990s.鈥 Presented at the Society for U.S. Intellectual History Conference, Denver, Colorado, November 2023.
Media
- Podcast Guest: 鈥淓xcavating the Films of Ingmar Bergman.鈥 Varn Vlog, July 2023.