{"id":4740,"date":"2020-11-09T15:41:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T15:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/staff-members\/cassandra-good\/"},"modified":"2023-06-08T12:35:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T16:35:09","slug":"cassandra-good","status":"publish","type":"staff-member","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/staff-members\/cassandra-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassandra Good"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n \r\n
Associate Professor<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t
Academic Credentials<\/b><\/p>\n
B.A., M.A., The George Washington University
\nPh.D., University of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n
Biography<\/b><\/p>\n
Dr. Cassandra Good joined the faculty at Marymount in Fall 2017.\u00a0 Prior to that, she served as associate editor of the Papers of James Monroe at the University of Mary Washington.\u00a0 There she did research, writing, and editing, as well as teaching a material culture-centered course titled The World of James Monroe.<\/p>\n
Professor Good was trained in a multidisciplinary approach to history, integrating literature, art, material culture, gender studies, and anthropology.\u00a0 Her bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in American Studies included courses ranging from religion to archaeology.\u00a0 She interned and later worked full time at the Smithsonian Institution in new media as part of a team that started one of the Smithsonian\u2019s first blogs and its first podcast series at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.\u00a0 She later worked in research and scholarly programs at the Freer and Sackler Galleries.<\/p>\n
A native of the DC area, Professor Good is passionate about connecting her teaching and research with the city\u2019s cultural and historical resources.<\/p>\n
Other Information<\/b><\/p>\n
Teaching Area<\/b><\/p>\n
Professor Good teaches the history of early America from contact to 1877.\u00a0 Her upper level courses include Colonial and Revolutionary America, The Early Republic and Jacksonian America, Race and Myth in Southern History, and The United States: Civil War and Reconstruction.\u00a0 She integrates material culture and public history into many of her courses.<\/p>\n
Research Interests<\/b><\/p>\n
Professor Good is a scholar of gender and culture in the early American founding era.\u00a0 She presents regularly at scholarly conferences and to public audiences.\u00a0 Her work has also appeared in academic journals and popular websites including Slate, Smithsonian.com, and the History News Network.<\/p>\n