Our new faculty member joining us this fall.
Steven Pitt earned his Ph.D. from the University of
Pittsburgh in 2015. He specializes in teaching Maritime, Atlantic, and Early
American History but has also taught courses in 20th Century U.S.,
World, European, and Environmental History. He is the author of two
peered-reviewed articles on seafaring and ship building in colonial Boston
entitled, “Cotton Mather and Boston’s ‘Seafaring Tribe,’” New England Quarterly 85.2 (June 2012) and “Building and Outfitting
Ships in Colonial Boston,” Early American
Studies 13.4 (Fall 2015): 881–907. He is currently working on a book
manuscript that details the harrowing experience of colonial American seafarers
in the Atlantic logwood (dyewood) trade on the Yucatan Peninsula. In the harsh,
alligator-infested lagoons, they confronted threats ranging from pirates, the
Spanish Empire, and endemic warfare to shipwrecks, hurricanes, and mosquito-borne
diseases. Outside of work, Steven enjoys spending time with his wife, Julia and
their two children, Annabelle and Josiah, as well as nature photography/hiking,
skiing, and more recently, woodworking.
