Education
PhD, University of Notre Dame
MA, University of Notre Dame
MLitt, University of St. Andrews
BA, Hampshire College
Background
Born and raised in a small Massachusetts town by two Franco-American parents from Maine, Castonguay (KAS-ton-GAY) has been hooked on history since she got her first library card. In her professional and educational career to date, she has worked at a number of historical institutions across the state, from Lowell National Historical Park and the Mortimer Rare Book Room at Smith College as a high school and college student, to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston as a research assistant before beginning her doctorate. Her professional studies have taken her to Spain, Scotland, and Morocco, while her personal interests have brought her to Egypt, Turkey, Japan, Korea, France, Italy, and Greece. Castonguay is also an alumnus of both the Fulbright Program and Social Science Research Council, as well as a member of a number of professional historical organizations.
Before getting her doctorate, Castonguay worked in the (then-emerging) field of digital wellness and wearable technology, teaching people how to get better sleep by wearing a funny headband, and building better websites.
Website: https://wne.academia.edu/AndreaLeeCastonguay
Interests
- North Africa
- Mediterranean World
- Islamic World
- Social Networks
- Islamic Political Theology
- Law and Society
- Gender Studies
- European Middle Ages
- Religious Practice and Belief
- Book & Manuscript History
Courses Taught
- LA-110 Introduction to the Liberal Arts
- HIST-205 World History pre-1500 CE
- HIST-190 The African Mediterranean: From Perpetua to the Portuguese
- HIST-290 The Greeks and the East
- HIST-290 Rome
- HIST-291 Holy Wars
- HIST-365 Islam and the Caliphates
- HIST-390 Medieval Biology, Bondage and Power
