KENNETH J. MOYNIHAN
Professor of History (1970
Chair of the History Department

A.B., Holy Cross College, 1966
M.A., Clark University, 1969
Ph.D., Clark University, 1973
Ph.D. Thesis Title: "History as a Weapon for Social Advancement: Group History as Told by Jewish, Irish and Black Americans"

Dr. Moynihan authored Assumption College: A Centennial History, 1904-2004 (2004) for the College's Centennial Celebration.

Sample of Courses Taught
History of Modern Europe and the United States I & II, Colonial America, Revolutionary America, History of African Americans, The Civil Rights Movement.

Sample of Publications
Moynihan, Kenneth J. "Can the Scholars' History be the Public's History?" American Antiquarian Society 105 (1995): 301-313.

Moynihan, Kenneth J. "History as a Weapon for Social Advancement: Group History Told by the American Irish Historical Society, 1896-1930." New York Irish History 8 (1993-1994): 34-40.

Moynihan, Kenneth J. "The Importance of Being Protestant: The Swedish Role in Worcester, Massachusetts, 1868-1930 (with Charles Estus and Kevin Hickey)." Swedes in America: New Perspectives, Vaxjo, Sweden, (1993) 33-58.

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