Thomas Carty | Springfield College

Thomas Carty

Thomas Carty

Professor of History / Pre-law Advisor
Thomas Carty
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn., 1999
  • Master of Arts, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn., 1993
  • Bachelor of Arts, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., 1991

Thomas Carty enjoys reading and writing about the intersection of culture, religion, and politics. His research about U.S. politics and international relations has given him the opportunity to travel throughout the United States as well as Paris, Bern, Geneva, and Zurich. At these locations, he conducted oral history interviews with government and business leaders. He also has researched in many manuscript collections at the presidential libraries of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan. In the process, he has come to a greater understanding of the importance of civility and collaboration among individuals within organizations. 

Courses Taught
  • White House Leadership
  • First Ladies and Presidential Elections
  • American Environmental History
  • World History
  • Harry Potter and History
Certifications and Memberships
  • Campuses for Environmental Stewardship (CES), Maine Campus Compact, 2015-2016. One of four faculty members at Springfield College to receive a grant of $4000 to embed service-learning projects within our environmentally-themed classes.
  • Summer Seminar: Slave Narratives, Yale University, June 2015. Selected as one of 27 (from a pool of 83 highly competitive nominees) by the Council of Independent Colleges and Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
  • Local Arrangements Coordinator, New England Historical Association’s (NEHA) spring conference (at Springfield College) in April 2014
  • Site Evaluator, New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), visit to Gordon College, Wenham, MA, April 2012
  • Book Review Editor, New England Historical Association newsletter, 2006-present
  • Chairperson, New England Historical Association book award prize committee, 2009
  • Visiting Scholar, invited by the Organization of American Historians and the National Park Service to serve on a team of scholars to review John F. Kennedy’s birthplace and childhood home, Brookline, MA, Summer 2006

Selected Works