Marilyn Weigold
Professor
University Historian

E-mail: mweigold@pace.edu

School/College: Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Department(s): Economics, History, and Political Science
Primary Location: Choate House

Office Hours: (Fall 2015)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
2:00PM-5:00PM

Office Phone:
+1 (914) 773-3457

Fax Phone: 914-989-8601

Secondary Location:

CV: DOWNLOAD

Biography

Dr. Marilyn E. Weigold is a Professor of History, University Historian, and Assistant Chair of the Department of Economics, History and Political Science. A specialist in regional and environmental history, she is the author of Long Island Sound: Its People, Places and Environment (New York University Press: 2004), as well as other works including Silent Builder: Emily Warren Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge. Her most recent book, Yonkers in the Twentieth Century, was published by SUNY Press in 2014.

Education

PhD, St.John's University, Jamaica, N.Y., 1970

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MA, St.John's University, Jamaica, N.Y., 1966

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BA, Good Counsel College, White Plains, N.Y., 1965

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Scheduled Courses

Fall 2022:
No courses scheduled.

View All Courses Taught
  • HIS 113: Wealth and American Culture
  • HIS 256: American Colonial History
  • HIS 267: Heroes, Vill & Just Plain Flks
  • HIS 367: History and Geography of N.Y.
  • HIS 367: History and Geography of NY
  • HIS 380: Seminar on Historiography
  • HIS 391: History Internship
  • HIS 395: Independent Study in History
  • HIS 499: Senior Year Experience in His

    • Research Interests

    Regional and environmental history of the New York area

    Awards and Honors

    • East Hampton Library Foundation, August 13, 2016 - Authors' Night
    • Westchester Council for the Social Studies, December 1994 - Social Studies Service Award
    • Women in Communications, 1986 - Matrix Award
    • Pace University, May 1982 - Kenan Award for Teaching Excellence
    • Rockefeller Archive Center, January 1976 - Post-doctoral Research Grant
    • Board of Regents, New York State, 1968 - Herbert H. Lehman Doctoral Fellowship
    • N.Y. State Board of Regents, September 1966 - N.Y. State Regents College Teaching Fellowship

    MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS

    • East Hampoton Star [Newspaper], July 2015
      article dealing with my book on Peconic Bay published by Syracuse University Press
    • Journal News and other Papers [Newspaper], January 1995
      As university historian, I provide information about Pace's founding and evolution through the decades and have done so from 1995 to date.

    PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

    • American Historical Association , January 2014
      leading professional organization in the field of history
    • New York State Historical Association , January 2014
      leading professional organization dealing with N.Y.S. history
    • New York State Historical Association , January 1980
      NYHA publicizes and disseminates information about N.Y.State history
    • American Historical Association , January 1970
      The AHA publicizes and disseminates information on historical topics
    • Organization of American Historians , January 1970
      The OAH publicizes and disseminates information about American History