Dr. Brian Rouleau

Biography

Brian Rouleau is a Professor in the Department of History at Texas A&M University, specializing in the nineteenth-century United States, American foreign relations, and the history of childhood. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2010 and has been a part of Texas A&M's history department since then. Rouleau explores the role of sailors in connecting the early United States to the wider world in his book, 'Sails Whitening Sea: Mariners Making American Maritime Empire.' He also examined the significance of dime novels, pulp fiction, and comic books in educating young Americans about their nation’s growing global responsibilities in his book, 'Empire’s Nursery: Children’s Literature Origins American Century.' His current research involves the connections between comics and historical events, such as the 1894 murder of an American citizen in Honduras, which became an international incident and contributed to the transformation of Uncle Sam into a hemispheric hegemon. Rouleau teaches courses on the long nineteenth century, diplomatic history, the American Revolution, the U.S. West, and American popular culture, along with the history of children and family in these contexts.

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