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Dr. John Pinheiro, Associate Professor of History |
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| Fall 2013 Courses |
Past Courses |
- HY102 American History since 1877
- GE201 Humanities
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HY101/2: United States
to/from 1877 |
HY221: East Asia I |
HY161/2: World History
to/since 1500 |
HY230: Modern Latin America |
| HY211: American Colonies |
HY310: Revolutionary War |
| HY212: Federal Union |
HY401: A Fragile Union,
1783-1815 |
| HY214: Gilded Age and Progressive Era |
HY401: Liberties and Tyrannies, 1783-1861 |
| GE201: Humanities |
HY401: American Religious History |
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HY401: The American West |
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| About Dr. Pinheiro |
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Dr. Pinheiro joined the history department in 2004, and in 2008 began directing the Catholic Studies program, which he developed. Prior to joining the Aquinas faculty, he served as assistant editor of the "Presidential Series" of the "Papers of George Washington" at the University of Virginia. Along with his co-editor, Dr. Pinheiro presented volume 12 of the Presidential Series to President Bush in an Oval Office ceremony in April 2005. |
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Dr. Pinheiro's publications include academic and popular articles on the early American republic. He has also written for the History News Service, lectured for the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies and the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, and he has appeared on National Public Radio and CSPAN. Dr. Pinheiro is available for speaking engagements on George Washington, the American Founding period, and the history surrounding the Mexican War. His blog, which is unaffiliated with Aquinas College, is "History for Smarties." |
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Dr. Pinheiro is the author of the book, "Manifest Ambition: James K. Polk and Civil-Military Relations during the Mexican War." His latest essay, "James K. Polk as a War President," will be published in Joel Silbey, ed., A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents, 1837-1861 (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012). He currently is completing a book for Oxford University Press on the religious history of the Mexican-American War. |
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Dr. Pinheiro's scholarly interests include American views on liberty and order; the Mexican War; and the development of American identity during the early republic. He is the consulting editor for the presidency of James K. Polk for the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs. His non-scholarly interests include soccer, golf, Tennessee football, imperial stout, opera, and traveling with his wife, Cassandra. |
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