Joseph M. Hall, Jr.
Joseph M. Hall, Jr. is an historian, writer, and American history professor at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine where he specializes in the history of Native American and European interactions from the American colonial period to the present. He is currently the chair of the history department at Bates and is also a faculty member in the environmental studies program.
Dr. Hall is from Newport, Rhode Island and received his B.A. at Amherst College and his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of many articles, essays, and popular books including Zamumo’s Gifts: Indian-European Exchange in the Colonial Southeast and Making an Indian People: Creek Formation in the Colonial Southeast, 1590-1735.
Dr. Hall teaches many classes, including:
