Vikki J. Deakin
Research & Teaching Areas
- American Revolution
- Intellectual History of the American Founding
Courses
Upper Division
- HIST 3210 U.S. Constitution
- HIST 3220 History of the Bill of Rights
- HIST 4015 History of the Atlantic World
- HIST 4020 American Revolution
- HIST 4985 Investigating History
- HIST 4990 Senior Seminar
Lower Division
- HIST 1600 African American Studies
- HIST 1700 American History
- HIST 2700 U.S. History to 1865
- HIST 2710 U.S. History after 1865
Publications
- "My Pen and My Soul Have Ever Gone Together: Thomas Paine and The American Revolution" (New York: Routledge, 2005)
- In Liberating Strife: An American History Reader (editor), Cognella Academic Publishing (2017)
- Our Mighty Dream: An American History, Kendall Hunt Publishing (2026)
- Deep Like the Rivers: An African American Cultural History (forthcoming January 2027), Kendall Hunt Publishing
Recent Talks
- "Thomas Paine and the Making of Common Sense," Weber Historical Society, February 2026
- "'My Own Mind Is My Own Church': Thomas Paine, Religion, and the American Revolution," Salt Lake City, Freedom from Religion Society, July 2026
Activities & Affiliations
- Instructor, History Alliance, WSU
- Member, Front Range Early Americanist Consortium
- Member, Phi Alpha Theta