Kevin Dawson
Research and Teaching Interests:
- History of the Atlantic World.
- Early American History.
- African Diaspora.
- African American History.
I am an associate professor of history at U.C. Merced. I received my Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in 2005. I was a 2004-2005 Ford Dissertation Fellow and my article "Enslaved Swimmers and Divers in the Atlantic World” received the 2005 Louis Pelzer Memorial Award from the Organization of American Historians...