Joseph M. Hall, Jr.

Joseph McLean Hall, Jr. is a professor, writer, and historian at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine where he specializes in early modern American history, particularly focusing on Native American, African, European, and environmental interactions from the American colonial period to the present. He is a nationally recognized historian for his research in Native American history and often writes articles that contribute to newspapers and gives presentations to the public in addition to his work in academia.[1][2][3][4] At Bates, Hall is currently the chair of the Environmental Studies program and in addition to being an associate professor in the history department.[5] Hall also received the honor of delivering the 2018 Convocation address at Bates.[6]

Hall is originally from Newport, Rhode Island and received his B.A. at Amherst College (1991) and his M.A. (1995) and Ph.D. (2001) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[7] He is the author of many articles, essays, and popular books including Zamumo’s Gifts: Indian-European Exchange in the Colonial Southeast (2012)[8] and Making an Indian People: Creek Formation in the Colonial Southeast, 1590-1735 (2001).[9] His works have been positively reviewed and cited in peer reviewed historical journals such as The Journal of Southern History,[10] The Florida Historical Quarterly,[11] and The William and Mary Quarterly.[12]

Hall teaches a diversity of history courses at Bates.[13] They include:

• HIST 140 ~ Origins of New Nations, 1500-1820
• INDS 211 ~ United States Environmental History
• HIST 241 ~ The Age of the American Revolution, 1763-1800
• AM/HI 244 ~ Native American History
• HIST 249 ~ Colonial North America
• HIST 294 ~ The Revolutionary Black Atlantic, 1770-1840
• AF/HI 301E ~ African Slavery in the Americas
• ES/HI 301M ~ New England: Environment and History
• HIST s28 ~ Wabanaki History in Maine