Thomas Archdeacon
Professor

Email: tjarchde@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-1778
Office: 4135 Mosse Humanities
Mailbox: 4009 Mosse Humanities

Curriculum Vitae: View PDF

Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:15 - 2:15, Thursdays 3:15 - 4:15, or by appointment.

Education: PhD: Columbia; MA: Columbia; BA: Fordham

Bio Sketch:

My specializations are Immigration & assimilation, statistical methods, and colonial.

My Research and Teaching Interests include History of U.S. Immigration, including contemporary immigration. History of U.S. Policy and Topics related to comparative immigration and immigration policy. History of Ethnicity in the U.S. Strong interest in quantitative analysis, as applied to historical research. Some residual special interest in early American history.

Selected Publications:

• Correlation and Regression Analysis: A Historian's Guide (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994)
• Becoming American: An Ethnic History (New York: The Free Press, 1983)
• New York City, 1664-1710: Conquest and Change (Cornell University Press, 1976)
  

Courses Taught:

Lecture Courses:

• History 300 - The Art & Science of History
• History 398 - The US Since 1945
• History 403 - Immigration & Assimilation in American History - Syllabus 2013 (pdf)
• History 404 - Ethnicity - 20th Century America
• History 503 - Irish and Scottish Migrations - Syllabus 2013 (pdf)
• History 571 - Studies - United States History

Undergraduate Seminars:

• History 200 - Historical Studies - Topics: "The Korean War" Syllabus 2010 (pdf); "World War I" Syllabus 2012 (pdf)
• History 600 - Advanced Seminar in History - Topics: "The Korean War"; "Irish and Scottish Migrations" Syllabus 2009 (pdf)

Graduate Courses:

• History 795 - Quantitative Methods for Historical Research
• History 901 - Studies in American History
• History 902 - Research Seminar: American History