Department of History

Dr. Rebecca Mancuso, Associate Professor (PhD, McGill University, 2000).  A Canadian specialist, Dr. Mancuso's scholarly mission involves fostering a better understanding of the importance of Canada to the United States.  Her general field of research is immigration policy formulation, and the consequences of policy, in the Canadian context.  Her publications, appearing in The American Review of Canadian Studies and The British Journal of Canadian Studies, Canadian Ethnic Studies and other peer-reviewed journals, center on British immigration to Canada as a nationalist project.  She is currently working on a manuscript, “Nothing but Debts and Worries”: Canada’s Three Thousand Family Scheme and Empire Settlement, 1919-1939,” which explores newcomers' struggles to adapt to Canadians’ notions of immigrant success. She has won several grants from the Foreign Affairs Canada to pursue her research and teaching on Canadian history. Dr. Mancuso currently serves as coordinator for the Canadian Studies academic program, and the courses she regularly teaches include History of Canada (HIST 4140), Introduction to Canadian Studies (CAST 2010), and a senior research seminar on race and ethnicity in North America (HIST 4800).  She pursues her strong interest in public history as Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Wood County, Ohio, Historical Society.