Darlene Hall, PhD | Faculty

Professor of History

1 (440) 375-7176

dhall@lec.edu

Arts Education Humanities and Social Sciences

College Hall

College Hall 310

What makes Lake Erie College a unique place?

  • The smaller class sizes enable far more interaction between faculty and students, more opportunities for one-on-one instruction, interactions and interventions if necessary, to assist a student who needs it. Students are never just a number here, and are never merely faces in a crowd.

Degrees:

  • Ph.D., European History, Pennsylvania State University

  • M.A., British History, Pennsylvania State University

  • B.A., History, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Courses Taught:

  • HI 105 - American History I: Colonial Times to 1877

  • HI 106 - American History II: 1877 to the Present

  • HI 125 - Modern World History

  • HI 132 - Western Civilization I: Beginnings to 1600

  • HI 138 - Western Civilization II: 1600 to the Present

  • HI 230 - History of the Middle East/History of Islam

  • HI 234 - Renaissance and Reformation, 1350 - 1648

  • HI 236 - Ancient Mediterranean History

  • HI 240 - History of Medieval Europe

  • HI 303 - The Napoleonic Wars

  • HI 304 - The American Civil War

  • HI 305 - The History of Women

  • HI 311 - Ohio History

  • HI 322 - World War II

  • HI 340 - Medieval Britain

  • HI 400 - Historical Research Methodology/Historiography

  • HI 420 - Senior Thesis in History

  • World History Survey Courses – three parts

  • America as a World Power

  • Asia, Africa and the Middle East

  • Nazi Germany

  • History of Death Around the World

  • Europe Since 1848

  • History of the Byzantine Empire

  • GE 101 - Introduction to Geography

  • GE 200 - World Geography

  • PO 110 - American National Government

  • PO 205 - State and Local Government

  • PO 212 - Comparative Politics

  • PO 214 - International Relations

  • Comparative Religion

  • International Politics

  • Social Issues

  • HU 125 - Critical Thinking Through Controversy

  • PR 101 - Introduction to Philosophy

  • PR 111 - Issues in Western Culture

  • PR 238 - World Religions

Research/Creative Activity Interests:

  • Primary focuses

    • British Isles (beginnings to present day)

    • Naval and Maritime History

    • Roman History

Awards/Professional Memberships:

  • North American Organization of Scottish Historians

  • Association of Ancient Historians

  • Fairport Harbor Historical Society

Publications:

  • Over 40 book reviews, several encyclopedia entries and articles

Career Accomplishments:

  • I have presented papers at conferences and have two manuscript preparations in the works as well.

  • I created the current history major and history minor, and many of the courses in the current catalog were added, developed and taught by me over the course of my years at Lake Erie College to give students the opportunity of experiencing the same curriculum in history that they would receive at a larger institution.