Humanities and Arts
James P. Hanlan
Professor and Interim Department Head
Department: Humanities & Arts
Professional Page
Office: Salisbury Laboratories, 23
Phone: +1-508-831-5438
Fax: +1-508-831-4392
jphanlan@wpi.edu
Educational Background
- A.B., College of the Holy Cross, 1967
- M.A., Clark University, 1971
- Ph.D., Clark University, 1979
Research & Teaching Interests
American labor; Social and urban history; History of the family; Textile communities in New England; Quantitative methods
Research
My areas of research interest are in American social and urban history, New England regional history and American labor history. I have published work on communities and working class life in Manchester, New Hampshire and Worcester, Massachusetts, as can be seen from the list of selected publications below.
I serve as Executive Secretary of the New England historical Association, a regional professional group of approximately 700 historians who live and work in New England and whose scholarly interest represent all areas of historical research. NEHA is a regional affiliate of the American Historical Association. I invite those interested to visit NEHA's Web site, which I maintain.
I also maintain the Web site for the Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association, of which I am past president.
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