Occupation
Associate Professor
Contact
Secondary Phone: (217) 206-7420
University of Illinois at Springfield
1 University Plaza
UHB 3050, History Department
Springfield
IL
62703
United States
ABOUT
Dr. Barnwell received her Ph.D. in history from The University of Texas at Austin in 2011. She is an Associate Professor of history at The University of Illinois, Springfield where she teaches courses in history methods and history of the Modern Middle East. Her research focuses on 20th British-Arab relations in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf.
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
Colonialism
Gulf Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Modern
State Formation
Nationalism
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Arabian Peninsula
Gulf
UAE
Specialties
British Imperialism
UAE & The Gulf
Jordan
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
French (advanced)
Education
PhD
| 2011
| History
| U of Texas at Austin
MA
| 2005
| Hist
| U of Texas at Austin
BA
| 2002
| History
| U of Massachusetts, Amherst
Abstracts
The Nationalist Threat and the Federation of the Trucial States
Revisiting Shaykh Shakhbut's Legacy: A Lexicon of Difficult Shaykhs
Compassion and Community in the MES Classroom: Reflections on Teaching through Collective Trauma
