Michael W. Tuck
College of Arts and Sciences, History
Professor Emeritus
Email:
m-tuck@neiu.edu
Office Hours:
Retired as of September 2025
CV:
Tuck_CV_DEC 2023.pdf
Country:
United States
Expertise
History of Africa; Atlantic History
Hist 111E: World History-Africa
Hist 300W: The Historian's Craft (WIP)
Hist 370: Precolonial Sub-Saharan Africa
Hist 371: Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Africa
Hist 372: History of Southern Africa
Hist 373- Women and Gender in African History
Hist 392- Problems in History: Slavery & Slave Trades
Hist 393- Capstone for History Majors
Hist 401- Historiography and Historical Method
Hist 470- Graduate Readings in African History
Hist 471- Seminar in African History
Research Interests
History of Africa; Atlantic History; Environmental History; Slavery and Slave Trades; Economic History and Trade
Education
Northwestern University
History, Ph.D., 1997