Michael D Brooks

Educational Background & Specialties

Educational Background

• M.A.: History, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 2016.
• B.A.: History, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 2012.
• B.S.: Political Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 2012.
• B.A.: French Language and Literature, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 1998.

Specialties

• Modern France
• French Imperialism
• History of Education
• World's Fairs

Courses Taught

• HIST 3417 - Food in History, Spring 2019 (RG)
• HIST/MEST 3611: Medieval Cities, Spring 2018 (RG)
• HIST 3431: Modern France and Its Empire, Fall 2017 (RG)

Publications

• Civilizing the Metropole: The Role of the 1906 Marseille Colonial Exposition in Creating Greater France: Brooks, Michael, FCH Annals: Journal of the Florida Conference of Historians, 21 57-64, 2014.
• Civilizing the Metropole: The Role of the 1889 Parisian Univeral Exposition's Colonial Exhibits in Creating Greater France: Brooks, Michael, University of Central Florida Undergraduate Research Journal, 6 71-81, 2013.

Awards

• Hannah C. Stocker Fellowship, 2019 - 2020
• Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for African Studies, U.S. Department of Education, 2019 - 2020
• University of Minnesota Summer Research Fellowship, Summer 2019
• John B. and Theta H. Wolf Fellowship, Fall 2017
• Outstanding Master's Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2017
• University of Central Florida Libraries Annual Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, 2014
• Thomas M. Campbell Prize, Florida Conference of Historians, 2014
• Richmond I. Barge History Scholarship, University of Central Florida, 2012
• Burnett Honors College Student-Mentor Academic Research Team (SMART) Grant, University of Central Florida, 2011