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Monday: 2:30 – 5:00
Tuesday: By Appointment
Wednesday: 2:30 – 5:00
Thursday: By Appointment
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Biography
Marc Carpenter is an educator, writer, and historian, specializing in American and Native American history. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon, an M.A. from Penn State University, and a B.A. from Portland State University. In addition to history, he dabbles in game studies and game design. Before coming to Jamestown, he made his home in Eugene, OR; State College, PA; and Milwaukie, OR.
My Favorite Course to Teach
Whatever course seems to be sparking excitement and engagement in my students. But the classes that involve roleplaying key historical moments are a favorite.
Scholarly and Creative Works
- Co-author with Marin Aurand. So the Future Will Have a Place: The First Century of Oregon State Parks. [forthcoming, Summer 2022].
- “Naming a Killer: Elijah Bristow and Lane County’s History of Violence.” Lane County Historian Special Anthology [forthcoming, Fall 2022]
- “Replaying Colonialism: Indigenous National Sovereignty and Its Limits in Strategic Videogames.” American Indian Quarterly 45:1, Winter 2021, pp. 33 – 55.
- “‘Two Sides of the Same Story’: Colonial Violence and Erasure in the University of Oregon’s (Fallen) Pioneer Statues.” Center for the Study of Women and Society Annual Review 11, Fall 2020, pp. 30 – 33.
- “Pioneer Problems: ‘Wanton Murder,’ Indian War Veterans, and Oregon’s Violent History.” Oregon Historical Quarterly 121:2, Summer 2020, pp. 64 – 93.
- “ʻJustice and Fair Play for the American Indian’: Harry Lane, Robert Hamilton, and a Vision of Native American Modernity.” Pacific Historical Review 87:2, Spring 2018, pp. 305 – 332.
- Co-editor with Gregory P. Shine. Revealing Our Past: A History of Nineteenth-Century Vancouver Barracks through 25 Objects. National Park Service, 2013.
Awards and Grants
2020 – 2021
Charles A. Reed Graduate Fellowship, University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences.
2020
New York Historical Society Fellowship. [Suspended due to Covid]
2019 – 2020
Oregon Humanities Center Dissertation Research Fellowship, University of Oregon.
2019
James W. Scott Regional Research Fellowship, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University.
2019
Oregon Heritage Fellowship, State of Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation.
2019
Mazie Giustina Fund for Women in the Northwest Research Grant, University of Oregon Center for the Study of Women and Society.
2018
Donald J. Sterling, Jr. Graduate Fellowship in Pacific Northwest History, Oregon Historical Society.
Professional Affiliations and Memberships
- American Historical Association
- Western History Association
- Native American and Indigenous Studies Association
- American Society for Environmental History
- Reacting to the Past Consortium