Dr. Sean Jacobson
Dr. Sean Jacobson
Assistant Professor of History
Office: 20 Willingham Hall
Email: sjacobson1@una.edu
Phone: 256.765.5772
Profile
Dr. Jacobson’s teaching and research subjects include nineteenth and twentieth century American history, Native American history, and Public History, with special focuses on historical landscapes and collective memory. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Dr. Jacobson did his undergraduate work at Western Kentucky Ä¢¹½Ä¢¹½ and pursued graduate studies in Public History at Loyola Ä¢¹½Ä¢¹½ Chicago. For his doctoral dissertation, Dr. Jacobson explored memorial landscapes of Christian missions to Indigenous people in North America. He continues to develop that research to evaluate how Indigenous-centered histories combat narratives of Native erasure in American landscapes and cultural heritage institutions.
Education
Ph.D., Public History and American History, Loyola Ä¢¹½Ä¢¹½ Chicago (2022)
M.A., Public History, Loyola Ä¢¹½Ä¢¹½ Chicago (2019)
B.A., History and Broadcasting, Western Kentucky Ä¢¹½Ä¢¹½ (2016)
Recent Courses Taught
HI 201/202 United States History to/since 1877
HI 412/512 Collections Management
HI 414/514 Fieldwork Methods
HI 465/565 Exhibit Design
HI 490/590 Special Topics: The Native American South
HI 665 Public History
Selected Publications
“‘A Memorial to Peace’: White Protestant Claims to Cherokee Mission Landscapes in Southeastern Tennessee and the Disavowal of History, 1890-1960,” Tennessee Historical Quarterly 81, no. 4 (Winter 2022): 348-380.
“Skokie as Sanctuary: Holocaust Survivor Leadership at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center,” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 116, no. 1 (Spring 2023): 9-41