Colleen Vasconcellos, Ph.D.
Professor of History
678-839-6032
cvasconc@westga.e du
Technology Learning Center - Room 3208
Office Hours
M, TH, F: 9A-2P online
T: 2P-5P in TLC 3208
by appointment
The Atlantic World, Latin America and the Caribbean; The African Diaspora; Comparative Slavery and Emancipation; Childhood and Gender Studies; Girlhood
Dr. Vasconcellos's second book Slavery, Abolition, and Childhood in Jamaica, 1788-1838 was published by the University of Georgia Press as part of their Early American Places Series in April of 2015. Her first book Girlhood: A Global History, an edited volume of essays on Girlhood in World History with Jennifer Hillman Helgren, was published in 2010 by Rutgers University Press as part of their Series in Childhood Studies. In addition to researching a project examining the changing nature of girlhood in the colonial Caribbean, Dr. Vasconcellos is also working on a project that examines the Yulee Family in Antebellum Florida.
- B.A., History, Western Carolina University, 1995
- M.A., American History, East Tennessee State University, 1998
- Ph.D., Atlantic Studies, Florida International University, 2004
- ENGL-3350 (Intro to Africana Studies)
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II)
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865))
- HIST-2302 (The Historian's Craft:Methdlgy)
- HIST-3326 (Colonial Latin America)
- HIST-3350 (Intro to Africana Studies)
- HIST-4310 (Comparative Slavery & Emancipa)
- HIST-4385 (Latin American Women)
- HIST-4481 (Comparative Slavery)
- HIST-4484 (Senior Seminar)
- HIST-4485 (History of American Foodways)
- HIST-4580 (American Foodways)
- HIST-5385 (Latin American Women)
- HIST-6481 (Women in World History)
- HIST-6684 (Historiography)
- HIST-6686 (Atlantic World)
- HIST-6687 (History of American Foodways)
- HIST-6699 (Thesis)
- HONR-4385 (Golden Age of Piracy-Honors)
- XIDS-2300 (Pirates of the Caribbean)
Fall 2023 Sections
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E06 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: 91 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-4481 (American Imperialism) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-4580 (American Foodways) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2023 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2022 Sections
- XIDS-2300 (Pirates of the Caribbean) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-4580 (American Foodways) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-6684 (Historiography) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2022 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-4481 (Slavery and Emmancipation) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-4481 (Intro Into Africana Studies) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E06 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E07 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-4385 (Pirates of the Caribbean) Section: 03W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-4481 (Atlantic World Piracy) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-6481 (Pirates of the Caribbean) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2021 Sections
- HIST-2302 (Methodology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-4580 (American Foodways) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-6481 (American Girlhoods) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2021 Sections
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-4481 (Cultural Identity in New York) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-4580 (American Foodways) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- ENGL-3350 (Intro to Africana Studies) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-3350 (Intro to Africana Studies) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-4580 (American Foodways) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2020 Sections
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HONR-4385 (Golden Age of Piracy-Honors) Section: 25H external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-4580 (American Foodways) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2020 Sections
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E05
- HIST-4580 (American Foodways) Section: E02
Spring 2020 Sections
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E02
- HIST-6686 (Golden Age of Piracy) Section: 01
Fall 2019 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E08
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 81G
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E06
- HIST-4484 (Senior Seminar) Section: 2DW
Summer 2019 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E03
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 04G
Spring 2019 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E01
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 03G
- HIST-2111 (US Hist I(to 1865)-Honors) Section: 25H
- HIST-4481 (Atlantic World Slavery) Section: E03
- HIST-6686 (Atlantic World) Section: 01
Fall 2018 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E01
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 04G
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865) Honors) Section: 25H
- HIST-4485 (History of American Foodways) Section: E02
- HIST-6687 (History of American Foodways) Section: 01
Summer 2018 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 03G
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E02
Spring 2018 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E01
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 03G
- HIST-2111 (US Hist I(to 1865)-Honors) Section: 25H
- ENGL-3350 (Intro to Africana Studies) Section: 1DW
- HIST-3350 (Intro to Africana Studies) Section: 1DW
- HIST-4481 (American Slavery) Section: E02
Fall 2017 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E01
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 01G
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E01
- HIST-4310 (Comparative Slavery & Emancipa) Section: 01W
Summer 2017 Sections
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E02
Spring 2017 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 04G
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E01
- HIST-2302 (The Historian's Craft:Methdlgy) Section: 01D
Fall 2016 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E01
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E02
- HIST-2302 (The Historian's Craft:Methdlgy) Section: 01D
- HIST-6684 (Historiography) Section: 01
Summer 2016 Sections
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E01
- HIST-4481 (Comparative Slavery) Section: E01
Spring 2016 Sections
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E01
- HIST-2302 (The Historian's Craft:Methdlgy) Section: 01D
- HIST-3326 (Colonial Latin America) Section: 02W
Fall 2015 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E01
- HIST-2111 (U S History I (to 1865)) Section: E02
- HIST-4385 (Latin American Women) Section: 01W
- HIST-5385 (Latin American Women) Section: 01W
- HIST-6481 (Women in World History) Section: E01
- HIST-6699 (Thesis) Section: 01
- HIST-6699 (Thesis) Section: 02
- HIST-6699 (Thesis) Section: 03
“Finding Enslaved Children’s Place, Voice, and Agency within the Narrative,” in Ricia A. Chansky (ed.), Auto/Biography in the Americas: Relational Lives (Routledge, 2016).
“The Process: Finding Enslaved Children’s Place, Voice, and Agency within the Narrative,” a/b: Auto/Biography Studies 30:1 (2015): 17-29.
“From Chattel to Breeding Wenches: Girlhood in a Jamaican Slave Community,” in Jennifer Hillman Helgren and Colleen A. Vasconcellos (eds.) Girlhood: A Global History (Rutgers University Press, 2010): 325-343.
“Introduction,” (with Jennifer Hillman Helgren), in Jennifer Hillman Helgren and Colleen A. Vasconcellos (eds.) Girlhood: A Global History (Rutgers University Press, 2010): 1-13.
“’To Fit You All for Freedom:’ Jamaican Planters, Afro-Jamaican Mothers, and the Struggle to Control Afro-Jamaican Children during Apprenticeship, 1833-1840,” Citizenship Studies 10 (2006): 55-75.
“Junkanoo and the British Caribbean,” The Atlantic Millenium 6 (2001): 102-114.
“Youth Culture as a Battleground: Atlantic World Slavery and Enslaved Youth in Jamaica,” inJames Marten (ed.), Oxford Handbook of the History of Youth Culture (Oxford University Press, 2023): 97-112.
Slavery, Childhood, and Abolition in Jamaica, 1788-1838. Early American Places Series (Georgia, 2015).
“American Slavery and the Atlantic Slave Trade,” in Thomas Buchanan and Aaron Astor (eds.),Slavery: Interpreting American History, Interpreting American History Series (Kent State University Press, 2021): 158-177.
Editor (with Jennifer Hillman Helgren), Girlhood: A Global History (Rutgers, 2010; Paperback 2012).
“Sally and Molly: Life History, Black Girlhood, and the Future of the Field,” a/b:Auto/Biography Studies (forthcoming).