History  
 

 

Dr. Jason Duncan, Associate Professor of History

 
Jason Duncan

Jason Duncan, Ph.D.
Chair of History Department

Associate Professor of History
Phone: (616) 632-2837
E-mail: duncajas@aquinas.edu

Educational Background
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1999
M.A., University of Iowa, 1992
M.A., Georgetown University, 1987
B.A., St. Lawrence University, 1985
 
Fall 2013 Courses  
  • HY101 American History to 1877
  • HY211 Colonial and Revolutionary America
 
 
About Jason Duncan

A native of Albany, New York, Dr. Duncan earned his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1999. He joined the Aquinas Faculty in 2002, and in 2005, Fordham University Press published his first book, "Citizens or Papists? The Politics of Anti-Catholicism in New York, 1685-1821." He has won awards at Aquinas for his teaching and service to the college, and became chair of the History Department in the summer of 2008. Before entering academics, he worked in politics for several years, including as a legislative assistant to a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. Dr. Duncan's new book, "John F. Kennedy: The Spirit of Cold War Liberalism," will be published by Routledge October 2013.