Faculty

Dr. Thomas Chambers

Chair and Associate Professor; Director, M.A.-Interdisciplinary Studies (on sabbatical - Spring 2010)
College of Arts & Sciences – History

Email:  chambers@niagara.edu
Website:  http://purple.niagara.edu/chambers
Phone:  (716) 286-8091
Office Location:  Timon Hall

Current Research

Remembering the Revolution: Battlefield Tourism and Historic Memory in the Early Republic. Book project currently under consideration by Cornell University Press. Conference Co-Organizer, Contests for Continents: The Seven Years War in Global Perspective, October 22-24, 2009. Sponsored by the Omohundro Institute for Early American History and Culture, Niagara University, and Brock University. Held in conjunction with the 250th Anniversary Commemoration of the Siege of Fort Niagara. For more information, go to: http://oieahc.wm.edu/conferences/contest/preview.html "Crossroads of Empire: Cultural Exchange and Imperial Rivalry at Old Fort Niagara." National Endowment for the Humanities, Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops for School Teachers. Application in conjunction with Old Fort Niagara. July 2009. For more information, go to: http://www.niagara.edu/crossroads/

Current Involvement

Underground Railroad Commemoration, Niagara University liaison to City of Niagara Falls, 2007-present. Planning Committee, Old Fort Niagara French and Indian War 250th Anniversary Commemoration, 2007-present. Working Group, War of 1812 Binational Bicentennial Committee, 2006-present. Organized by The Niagara Parks Commission and Niagara Economic Development Corporation.

Educational Background

Ph.D., American History. The College of William and Mary in Virginia, 1999. M.A., History. The College of William and Mary in Virginia, 1994. B.A., History, cum laude. Middlebury College, 1991.