Paulette L. Pepin

Education

Ph.D., Fordham University, Bronx, NY. History (Major - Medieval History; Minors - American History & Modern European History)
M.A., Fordham University, Bronx, NY. History (Major - Medieval History; Minor - Modern European History)
B.A., Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT (Major - History; Minor - Economics)

Published Books and Articles

Book Published:
Pepin, Paulette L. Conciliar Church Policy during the Reign of Fernando IV, King of Castile- León, 1295-1312. Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2002.

Book Editor:
Devlin, William and Janick, Herbert, “The History of Danbury,” to be published in 2012 by Western Connecticut State University Press.

Referred Publications:
Pepin, Paulette L. "The Castilian Church and the Cortes of 1295." The Catholic Historical Review 87 (2001): 165-184.

Book Reviews:
Paulette L. Pepin, Review of Spain: A Unique History by Stanley G. Payne. Submitted June 2011 for publication in The Historian, a scholarly journal of Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honor Society.

Paulette L. Pepin, Review of The Measure of Women by Marie Kelleher. Submitted December 2010 for publication in The Historian, a scholarly journal of Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honor Society.

Paulette L. Pepin, Review of The Other Within: The Marranos by Yirmiyahu Yovel. Submitted July 2009 for publication in The Historian, a scholarly journal of Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honor Society.

Paulette L. Pepin, Review of Making Difference in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia by Jean Dangler. The Historian, 69(Fall 2007): 579-580.

Paulette L. Pepin, Review of Conflict and Coexistence by Lucy K. Pick. The Historian, 68 (2006): 890-891.

Paulette L. Pepin, Review of A Vanished World: Medieval Spain’s Golden Age of Enlightenment by Chris Lowney. The Historian, 68 (Fall 2006): 635-636.

Pepin, Paulette L. Review of A People’s University: The Centennial History of Western Connecticut 1903-2003, by Herbert F. Janick Connecticut History 43 (Spring 2004): 111-113.

Conference Presentations:
9 January 2010, “María de Molina: Queenship – A Partnership,” 2010 Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Conference, San Diego, California.

24 April 2009, “María de Molina: An Invincible Queen and regent,” 30th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum at Plymouth State University, Plymouth, New Hampshire.

6 October 2006, “Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695): A. cultivator of female intellectualism," 2006 Asociación de Escritoras de España y las Américas Conference, Washington, D.C.

16 April 2005, “Inquiry Lesson-Medieval Hispania: A Source of Representative Government,” 36th Northeast Regional Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

29 October 2004, “Inquiry Lesson-Medieval Hispania: A Source of Representative Government,” Connecticut Council for the Social Studies, Cromwell, Connecticut.

6 April 2003, “On the Road to Santiago: A New approach to Teaching Western Civilization,” Medieval Forum, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, New Hampshire.

Editorship:
Regional Sub-Editor, Medieval History, The Historian, a scholarly journal of Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honor Society.

Scorer:
1994-2010 – AP European History Examinations. Reader, 1994, 1997-2002; Table Leader 2003-2008, 2010.

Other

Since 1 August 2009, I have been a full-time Associate Professor of History teaching primarily European history or courses in western civilization. I have taught in the Freshman Honors program and in the Spring 2011 I taught a new honors course HS 382: Iberian Culture with Music Professor, José Garcia-León.

The main focus of my current research is on María de Molina, queen and regent of the Kingdom of Castile-León (1284-1321), and her struggles to maintain the throne for her son, Fernando IV and her grandson, Alfonso XI. The culmination of my research and writing will be a biography of her.

Presently I am also serving on the University College Committee and am a member of the search committee for the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.