Jacob M. Blosser, Assistant Professor of History, joined the Department of History and Government in the fall of 2006.  He earned his B.A. in History and English from Milligan College in 1999, his M.A. in History from James Madison University in 2001, and his Ph.D. in History from the University of South Carolina in 2006.  He teaches American History survey courses as well as upper-level and graduate courses in colonial and revolutionary America, the Atlantic World, and Early Modern Europe.  He is particularly interested in religious history, popular culture, and the history of the book.  Dr. Blosser’s teaching and research have been supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Historical Association, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the Folger Shakespeare Library, the American Antiquarian Society, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church.  Jacob Blosser is the author of several published articles; his current research examines popular religion in early America.  He is the co-sponsor of the department's chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the history honor society.