Humanities and Arts
David A. Rawson
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department: Humanities & Arts
Professional Page
Office: Salisbury Laboratories, 330
Phone: +1-508-831-5215
Fax: +1-508-831-4392
drawson@wpi.edu
Educational Background
- B.A., Salem State College, 1990
- Ph.D., The College of William and Mary, 1998
Research
My general area of historical interest is in Colonial and Early Republic America. My research focuses on the History of the Book in Early America; the History of Technology in Early America; and Colonial, Early-Republic, and Antebellum Virginia history, especially concerning its relation to the Old South and the Early American Backcountry.
I teach a variety courses in those subjects through the Civil War era, including the department’s 2000-level American history survey courses. Recently these offerings have included 3000-level topic seminars on Communications History and the Old South. I also supervise sufficiency projects in pre-1900 American history, as well as overseeing IQPs in the public history realm drawing on topics, sources, and historic groups here in central Massachusetts.
My current writing project involves revising my doctoral dissertation for publication. It will appear under the title, Devils among the Planters: Printers and Imprints in Jefferson’s Virginia, before 2010. Other material from that project is also being prepared for three digital publications: Virginia Journalism: A Biography of Virginia's Early Newspapers, 1630-1820; The Virginia Printing Trade: A Biographical Directory to 1820; and A Trial Bibliography of Virginia Imprints to 1820.
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