Evelyn

Spratt

School of Education

Courses I teach...

• History Courses
• EDU 439 Social Studies in the Secondary School
• EDU 307 Social Studies in the Elementary School
• Honors Courses

Education

• Ph.D in History, The Catholic University of America, 2004. Dissertation: Being French in America, 1780-1820
• M.A. in History: Early Modern European, University of California, Irvine, 1992
• B.A. in French Literature and History, Dickinson College, 1991
• Studied in Toulouse, France, 1989-1990

Bio

While working on my doctorate in 18th century French and American history, I taught middle school French in Baltimore County Public Schools for 5 years. When I graduated, Notre Dame of Maryland University hired me to teach history in the newly created Ph.D program for the School of Education. My first year at NDMU, I taught both Oral French in the School of Arts, Sciences and Business as well as history in the School of Education. Over the years, I have taught additional education courses including Reading and Writing in the Content Areas and Educational Psychology. Most of my classes, however, focus on the History of American Education (at the undergraduate level and at the Ph.D level), historical methods for Ph.D students and Social Studies Methods classes for both elementary and secondary teachers (undergraduate and masters levels students). In 2018, I was appointed Director of the Morrissy Honors Program at Notre Dame.

In addition to teaching, I advise/supervise various students. I chair approximately 7-9 history dissertation committees. I have also supervised various students completing their teaching internships. As Director of the Morrissy Honors Program, I advise the honors students as well.

I have had the privilege to serve on many School of Education and University-wide committees. For the School of Education, I worked on the Initial Certification Committee and I have chaired several faculty search committees. I was the Coordinator for Secondary Social Studies SPA Report for Accreditation. For the University, I have served on the Women’s History Month Committee, Nancy Kreiter Research Day Committee, the Honors Board, the Promotion and Tenure Committee, the Study Abroad Committee, the Women in the 21st Century Committee, the 125th Anniversary Committee, the Middle States Accreditation Team and Co- Chair of Standard 8, the Library Committee and The Catholic Intellectual Life Committee.

Recent Publications

• “The Portuguese Atlantic,” in Encyclopedia of the Atlantic World, 1400-1900: Europe, Africa, and the Americas in an Age of Exploration, Trade and Empires, ed. David Head, ABC-CLO Publications. November, 2017.
• Curated Archival Exhibit, Mistresses at the Fair, Loyola Notre Dame Library, Baltimore, MD. Fall, 2016.
• “A Contradiction in Terms: A Cosmopolitan Sunday School” Selected Papers, Consortium on Revolutionary Era. November, 2014.
• “Française or American?: The Immigration Story of Josephine Pelleport du Pont.” in Women on the Move: Refugees, Migration and Exile, Fiona Reid and Katherine Holden eds. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. December 1, 2010.

Honors and Awards

• The Catholic Intellectual Fellow for Notre Dame of Maryland University, 2017
• The Thomas P. and Clementine L. Mullan Distinguished Teacher Award, Notre Dame of Maryland University May 2016.
• The Catholic Intellectual Fellow for Notre Dame of Maryland University, 2012