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Dr. John Pinheiro, Assistant Professor of History
 
John C. Pinheiro

John C. Pinheiro, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of History
Director of Catholic Studies

Phone: (616) 632-2835
E-mail: pinhejoh@aquinas.edu

Educational Background
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 2001
M.A., California State University, Bakersfield, 1994
B.A., California State University, Bakersfield, 1992
 
Dr. Pinheiro's Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
 
Fall 2008 Courses
Past Courses
  • HY102 American History since 1877
  • HY230 Latin American History
  • GE201 Humanities
  • HY101/2: United States to/from 1877
  • HY161/2: World History to/since 1500
  • HY211: American Colonies
  • HY214: Gilded Age and Progressive Era
  • HY221: East Asia I
  • HY230: Modern Latin America
  • HY310: Revolutionary War
  • HY401: A Fragile Union, 1783-1815
  • HY401: Liberties and Tyrannies, 1783-1861
  • HY401: The American West
About Dr. Pinheiro
Dr. Pinheiro earned his Ph.D. in history in 2001 from the University of Tennessee, where as a graduate student he taught and worked at the Correspondence of James K. Polk Project.
 
From 2002-2004 he served as assistant editor on the "Presidential Series" of the "Papers of George Washington" at the University of Virginia. He co-edited volume 12 of the "Presidential Series." Along with his co-editor, Dr. Pinheiro presented volume 12 to President Bush in an Oval Office ceremony in April 2005 (only the third time since 1950 that a president has thus honored an individual documentary volume).
 
Dr. Pinheiro has published articles on anti-Catholicism and the Mexican War in the Journal of the Early Republic and the Journal of Popular Culture, the latter of which won the 2003 Russel B. Nye Award from the Popular Culture Association for the best article in the 2001-2002 Journal of Popular Culture. His article on George Washington's leadership style appeared in a recent issue of White House Studies. Dr. Pinheiro has also written for the History News Service and appeared on National Public Radio and CSPAN.
 
Dr. Pinheiro's essay on nativist conspiracy theories during the 1840s appeared in "Nineteenth-Century America," published by the University of Tennessee Press. His book, "Manifest Ambition: James K. Polk and Civil-Military Relations during the Mexican War," was published in spring 2007.
 
Dr. Pinheiro's scholarly interests include evolving American views on republican citizenship, federal and state power, and liberty; anti-Catholic nativism; the Mexican War; and the development of American identity during the early republic. His non-scholarly interests include soccer, Tennessee football, imperial stout, and traveling with his wife, Cassandra.
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