Matthew Nalefski
Instructional Assistant Professor
History
Office
Schroeder Hall - SCH 326
Office Hours
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 3:30-5:00 and by appointment
Office Phone
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
Current Courses
135.009History Of The United States To 1865
135.007History Of The United States To 1865
135.008History Of The United States To 1865
101.006Western Civilization To 1500
Teaching Interests & Areas
Courses currently taught: HIS 101 (Western Civ. to 1500); HIS 135 (US to 1865)
Previously taught: 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