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Plymouth State University
MSC 11
17 High Street
Plymouth, NH 03264-1595
Whitney B. Howarth
Assistant Professor of History
Office phone number: (603) 535-3204
e-mail: wbhowarth@plymouth.edu
Homepage: oz.plymouth.edu/~wbhowarth
Administrative contact: Kathy Melanson
Administrative contact phone number: (603) 535-2335
Degrees and Education
- Ph.D., Northeastern University
- M.A., Northeastern University
- B.A., Moravian College
Profile
Whitney Howarth, specializing in comparative modern world history and the history of India, joined the Social Science faculty in Fall 2004.
Dr. Howarth has taught world history at the college level since 1999. Before coming to Plymouth State University in 2004, she was a lecturer at Suffolk University, Salem State College and Northeastern University. She also worked at Northeastern's World History Center, where she assisted in editing the H-WORLD on-line discussion group and also worked on the research, design and development of "Migration in Modern World History, 1500-2000" (Wadsworth Publications, 2000) a thirteen unit multi-media course on CD-ROM.
Dr. Howarth's regional specialization is India. Her research focuses on the nineteenth century and examines themes such as colonization, the economics of empire and nationalism. Her doctoral dissertation, "Mission to Modernity: Formation of a Hindu Political Community in late nineteenth century Mysore," investigates the princely kingdom of Mysore as a nexus of world historical interaction and ideological debate. She is currently preparing this manuscript for publication.
Dr. Howarth's other teaching and research interests include women's studies, comparative nationalism, post-colonial literature, forced migrations, development and globalization. She currently teaches courses at PSU in Comparative Nationalism, India in Global Context, Modern World History (1500 to present), The British Empire and Global Colonial Women (Algeria, Honduras, India, Afghanistan).
Other Activities and Projects Include:
- Member of the President's Commission on Diversity and of the Women's Studies Council.
- Member of the International Film Society.
- Organized student trip to Sri Laxmi Hindu Temple, fall 2004 and 2005.
- Organized student trip to Portsmouth, NH for the "Becoming American, Maintaining Identity" conference at Strawbery Banke.
- Co-coordinated a student conference entitled "Comparative Colonialisms: An Interdisciplinary Look at the Construction of Knowledge and Nation" this past November 2004.
- International Service Trip Faculty Advisor 2004-2005 -- accompanied a group of 16 students to the Dominican Republic to work with Orphanage Outreach.
- Facilitated student trip to India in August 2005 to work with Tsunami Relief/Development programs.
- Co-advisor for the PSU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi with Dr. Noel.
- Co-coordinates the Social Studies Education program with Dr. May.
- Advisor for the HISTORY CLUB at PSU (Boston Diversity Tour, May 2005).
Dr. Howarth lives in Thornton, NH with her two cats Apu and Chakali. For fun she likes to practice yoga, travel, read international fiction, watch Bollywood films and cook South Indian cuisine. She also enjoys camel racing and sipping palm toddy with friends but doesn't get much of a chance to do that these days.
