 Amy
Mitchell-Cook
Chair and Associate Professor
Phone: (850) 857-6014
E-mail: amitchellcook@uwf.edu
Office: Bldg. 50, Room 107
Courses Taught
North American Seafaring, Maritime
History, Colonial America, Women in the Atlantic World, Age
of Discovery, Introduction to Public History.
Specialties
Maritime History, Early American Social
and Cultural History, Public History, Material Culture
Current Research Interests
Early American Shipwreck
Narratives
Education
Ph.D., History, Pennsylvania State University,
2004; M.A., History, East Carolina University, 1994; B.A.,
Anthropology, University of Florida, 1990.
Affiliations
- American Historical Association
- Organization of American Historians
- Society for Historical Archaeology
- National Maritime Historical Society
Notable Articles/Publications
“Negotiating Power: Status and Authority in Anglo-American
Shipwreck Narratives” in The Elusive Jack Tar: New Approaches
to Early American Maritime History (ed. Paul Gilje and William
Pencak), Mystic Seaport, summer 2006.
“Shipwreck Narratives” in The Encyclopedia of
Maritime History (ed. John Hattendorf), NY: Oxford University
Press, 2005.
“The Continental Navy: The Continental Navy was too
small and undermanned to have a significant impact on the American
war effort” in History in Dispute: American Revolution
(ed. Keith Krawczynski), Columbia, S.C.: Manly, Inc., 2003.
"When God, the Devil and a Friendly Cannibal Met at Sea." Due 2010-2011. |