Sean M. Pollock

Biography

Dr. Pollock earned his Ph.D in History from Harvard University (2006), where he received several teaching awards, including the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for senior thesis advising and the Stephen Botein Prize for teaching in History and Literature. He has also taught at Yale University and the University of New Haven, and was Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harriman Institute for Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies at Columbia University (2007). Since joining the Department of History in 2008, he has received recognition for teaching excellence in General Education and Writing across the Curriculum. He was the 2013 Phi Alpha Theta Outstanding Faculty Member (Department of History) and received of the College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Teaching Award for 2015. In addition to teaching in traditional classroom settings, he has designed and successfully taught several asynchronous and synchronous online courses, and has advanced the university's mission to engage in meaningful community service by teaching service‐learning courses in partnership with Dayton's Thurgood Marshall High School. He is currently working on a study of the life and "afterlives" of Prince Petr Ivanovich Bagration (1765-1812), tentatively titled Bagration: An Imperial Life and the Making of a Russian National Hero. He chaired the University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee and the Faculty Senate Taskforce on Distance Education, and represents the College of Liberal Arts in Faculty Senate (2012-present). He is Faculty Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning. Education History: Ph.D. - Harvard University, 2006 A.M. - Harvard University, 1996 B.A. - University of Washington, 1994

Research Interest

History and literature.