UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN -- MADISON
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

Thomas J. Archdeacon has taught at the University of Wisconsin -- Madison since 1972 and has held the rank of full professor since 1982. He is the author of a number of articles and of three books: New York City, 1664-1710: Conquest and Change (Cornell University Press, 1976), Becoming American: An Ethnic History (Free Press, 1983), and Correlation and Regression Analysis: A Historian's Guide (University of Wisconsin Press, 1994). Archdeacon is the editor of the Immigrant Heritage of America Series for Twayne Publishers. He is also the general editor of a recently released a CD-ROM on "The Immigrant Experience" (Primary Source Media, 1997). Archdeacon received an A.B. from Fordham University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University. Before coming to Wisconsin, he served to the rank of captain in the U.S. Army and taught at the United States Military Academy.