Salve Regina University History Department

10/14/2026

The History Department is saddened by the passing of Dr. Craig L. Symonds, who delivered the 2025 John E. McGinty Lecture in History at Salve Regina University. Professor Emeritus of History at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Dr. Symonds was the author or editor of 31 books, and the winner of the Lincoln Prize and the Pritzker Lifetime Achievement Award in Military History. Known for his ability to make history come alive for students and the public through his lectures and writings, Dr. Symonds will be greatly missed.

10/06/2026

Check out this profile of Dr. Neary from the Pell Center!

Get to know Pell Center faculty fellow Dr. Tim Neary, a professor in the Salve Regina University History Department! In this conversation, Neary explores how personal experience shapes historical inquiry and why understanding the complexities of historical figures gives us a more honest view of the past and more confidence in our ability to shape the future.

Read more: https://live-salve-regina.pantheonsite.io/news/news-listing/faculty-fellows-spotlight-dr-tim-neary

09/10/2026

First day of classes! The History Department wishes everyone, especially our history majors and minors, a great fall semester!

05/17/2026

Graduation Day! Congratulations to the Class of 2026, and especially to our graduating history majors!

05/06/2026

Pell Center Faculty Fellow and lecturer in the Salve Regina University History Department, Dr. Erin Redihan, reflects on the ways her study of Cold War and Olympic history have shaped her research on global superpowers and how they use the Games to their advantage.

Read our full interview with Redihan here: https://ow.ly/b8I450YVI8m

04/16/2026

On April 14, 2026, the History Department held its annual awards ceremony and induction into the Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society. Congratulations to the following graduating history majors who received awards at the ceremony! And thank you to Salve History alum Cat Malkemus Caplin '14 for being the ceremony's guest speaker!

Induction into Phi Alpha Theta:

Maverick Cavacas
Rebecca Dawson
Sydney Dufresne
Jacob Faulise
Christopher Kyrillidis
Noella Suchecki

Florence K. Murray Award for Excellence in History:
Sydney Dufresne

Br. John Buckley Award for Outstanding Senior Thesis:
Rebecca Dawson

Pell Medal for Excellence in U.S. History:
Noella Suchecki

04/16/2026

Dr. Leeman recently joined political reporter Ed Fitzpatrick on the Boston Globe Rhode Island Report podcast to discuss the limits of presidential war powers. Click on the link below to listen!

Salve Regina University’s William Leeman traces the history of presidents accumulating the power to initiate wars in the name of self-defense.