Ethan Gonzales
PhD Candidate
Office Hours: Nau Hall 396
Field & Specialties
Comprehensive Exam Fields: Early America to 1815; U.S. History, 1815-1877; American State & Society
Early American Politics
Information/Communication
American State
Education
B.A., History, with Departmental Honors, Oakland University (April 2020) summa cum laude
M.A., History, University of Virginia (Aug. 2021-May 2023)
Biography
Ethan is a third-year doctoral candidate interested in early U.S. politics, diplomacy, information, and the early American state. He is from southeast Michigan and served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army before pursuing an academic career.
Publications
"Espionage in the American Revolution," Encyclopedia Virginia (forthcoming late 2024).
Current Research
(Dissertation in progress): "The Visible State: U.S. Diplomatic Agents and Information in Europe and the Federal Territories, 1789-1800"
Awards & Honors
2024-25, Albert Gallatin Graduate Research Fellowship
2023-24 Junior Fellow, University of Virginia Society of Fellows
Courses Taught
HIUS 2001: American History to 1865 (Graduate Teaching Assistant under Alan Taylor, Fall 2022).
HIUS 2051: War and the Making of America to 1900 (Graduate Teaching Assistant under Elizabeth Varon, Spring 2023).
HIST 2212: Maps in World History (Graduate Teaching Assistant under S. Max Edelson, Fall 2023).
Internet and Popular Press Publications
Gonzales, Ethan. "Thomas Jefferson: American Bibliophile." Oakland University, September 2019. https://library.oakland.edu/collections/special/exhibits/Jefferson/index....