Interim Department Chair
PAUL KELTON
Professor and Gardiner Chair in American History (Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1998)
Curriculum vitae
Office: SBS S-329
Email: paul.kelton@stonybrook.edu
Interests: Indigenous peoples of North America, environment and medicine, early American
history
I have examined the biological processes involved in the European takeover of the
Americas in two books: Epidemics and Enslavement and Cherokee Medicine, Colonial Germs. By placing local struggles with epidemics within the large-scale context of colonialism's
social disruption, structural violence, and political upheaval, my historical research
has contemporary relevance to debates over global health disparities and emerging
infectious diseases. I am continuing my research on Indigenous experiences with European-introduced
diseases with multiple ongoing projects detailing the contours of Native death and
survival during the Seven Years War in North America, the American Revolution, and
Indian Removal.
ASSISTANT TO THE CHAIR
Position Pending
For questions, contact Undergraduate Chair, Eric Zolov