Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society
Debra A. Mulligan was born in Rhode Island and received her Master of Arts and Ph.D. in History from Providence College. She has taught a variety of courses in East Asian, European, and American history at Roger Williams University. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, served as president of Phi Alpha Theta from 2023-2025, and was appointed as the PAT Advisory Board Chair in January 2025. Her publications include a chapter in the two-volume study: The Cultural History of Reading (Greenwood Press, 2009), Lexington Books: Chapter, “Soul Libertie and the Sons and Daughters of Eire,” in Narratives and Negotiations: Agency, Religion, and the State. Lexington Books, 2015, and articles in the Historical Journal of Massachusetts (Winter 2007), and the New England Journal of History. Her book, Democratic Repairman: The Political Life of James Howard McGrath [McFarland Press] published in May 2019.
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Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society
We are a professional society whose mission is to promote the study of history through the encouragement of research, good teaching, publication, and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians. We seek to bring students and teachers together for intellectual and social exchanges through regional conferences and national conventions, and we encourage academic achievement with our scholarships and awards.