Matthew Nalefski
Instructional Assistant Professor
History
Office
Schroeder Hall - SCH 326
Office Hours
(SCH 334) Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:00-11:00 a.m.; 1:00-3:00 p.m.; and by appointment
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
Current Courses
135.001History Of The United States To 1865
135.009History Of The United States To 1865
Teaching Interests & Areas
Courses currently taught: HIS 135 (US to 1865)
Previously taught: HIS 101 (Western Civ. to 1500); US History to 1865; US History since 1877
Research Interests & Areas
Antebellum American legal, political, diplomatic; Civil War; abolitionism; transatlantic slave trade; nineteenth-century Atlantic world.
MA History
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
BA History
Millikin University
Decatur, IL
James L. Fisher Outstanding Thesis Award
Illinois State University
2022
Helen M. Cavanagh Award for Best Master's Thesis
Department of History, Illinois State University
2022
Helen M. Cavanagh Award for Best Master's Student
Department of History, Illinois State University
2021