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     Dr. William C. Van Norman, Jr., Assistant Professor of History, received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and two B.A. degrees from Arizona State University.

      Dr. Van Norman teaches courses in Latin American and world history. His research interests include Latin American social and cultural history, slavery and the African Diaspora in Latin America, and the roles of race and religion in the construction and negotiation of identity throughout the region.

       He has an article entitled “The Process of Cultural Change Among Cuban Bozales During the Nineteenth Century,” in the October 2005 issue of the journal The Americas. He is currently revising an article on gender, its representation in anti-slavery novels, and the realities of the slave system in 19th century Cuba as well as revising his dissertation, “Shade Grown Slavery: Life And Labor On Coffee Plantations In Western Cuba, 1790-1845.” Dr. Van Norman will be in Spain during the Spring semester of 2008.

William C. Van Norman
(Full-time faculty)
History Department
JACK 209
MSC 2001
office phone: +1 540 568 7318
e-mail: vannorwc@jmu.edu



 

 




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Department of History
James Madison University
MSC 2001
Harrisonburg, VA  22807
Jackson Hall Room 201
Phone: (540) 568-6132
Fax: (540) 568-6556
E-mail: history@jmu.edu