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Faculty Department Chair American Indian History Asian History European History Latin American History Near Eastern & Islamic History U.S. History U.S. West History
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 Kevin Dawson, Ph.D. Office: Wright Hall A 310
Kevin Dawson is an assistant professor of history at UNLV. He received his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in 2005. He was a 2004-2005 Ford Dissertation Fellow. Dr. Dawson’s research analyzes how members of the African diaspora recreated aspects of their African heritage in the Americas and Europe. Field and archival research have been conducted in West Africa, Barbados, and throughout the United States. He published “Enslaved Swimmers and Divers in the Atlantic World” in The Journal of American History (March 2006). He is currently working on a book titled Enslaved Watermen in the Atlantic World, 1444-1888, which considers how slaves transmitted African maritime skills to the Americas and how they shaped the social, cultural and economic development of the Americas. A side project considers how concepts of cleanliness and hygiene shaped perceptions of race of civilization.
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