Dr. Martha Pallante, Professor of History, Department Chairperson

Office:  DeBartolo Hall, Room 520
Telephone:  (330) 941-1607
Email address: mipallante AT ysu DOT edu

Degrees:

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, American History, 1988.
M.A., College of William and Mary in Virginia, History and Historical Archaeology, 1982.
B.A., Youngstown State University, History, Anthropology, and Secondary Ed., 1977.

Current Research: 

From YOCO to Youngstown State: Youngstown State University, Arcadia Publishing, co-authored  with Donna M. DeBlasio, published Spring 2007.

A To Work and Live:  Brickyard Laborers, Immigration and Assimilation in an Ohio Town, 1890-1925,@ Northeast Ohio Journal of  History (Fall 2003), http:www2.uakron/noih.

“Guide to Discovery,” with Christian Shively International Journal of Social Education. 16-2.
Fall/Winter 2001-2002, 154-160.

"My Brother and I: Brickyard Laborers in an Ohio Town" with Christian Shively, Social Education -- Middle School Learning, May-June 1999, M10-14.

Courses Taught:

Turning Points in American History
Atlantic World
Colonial America
Material Culture

Additional Information:

Husband, Dr. Glen A. Schaefer
Daughters: Sara, Laura, Paula

Ohio Academy of History, Public History Award for 1999

Youngstown State University Distinguished Professorship for Service, 1998
Sabbatical, Youngstown State University, 1998-1999