Teal Arcadi
About Me
I am a historian of American governance. Much of my work focuses on state-built infrastructure systems and the questions they reveal about race, class, community, and the nature of democratic power in the United States. My teaching and research are informed by legal, political, economic, and social history, and I am currently working on two book projects. The first is a history of modern American infrastructural development that explores how officials use legal, fiscal, and physical technologies of governance to fasten political priorities in place across space and time. The second explores the shared spatial, technological, and infrastructural history of American military bases and prisons.
Education
Ph.D.; Princeton University; History; 2021
M.A.; Princeton University; History; 2017
B.A.; Cornell University; History; 2014
M.A.; Princeton University; History; 2017
B.A.; Cornell University; History; 2014
2023 Spring Courses
HIST 214 - TECH & CULT IN AMER HISTORY
HIST 401 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
HSS 404 - HISTORY SEMINAR: BUILDING THE LAW: INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIAL CHANGE
HIST 402 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
HIST 401 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
HSS 404 - HISTORY SEMINAR: BUILDING THE LAW: INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIAL CHANGE
HIST 402 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Past Courses
HIST 214: TECH & CULT IN AMER HISTORY
HIST 390: HISTORICAL PROBLEMS OF THE 20TH CENTURY THROUGH FILM
HSS 404: HUMANITIES SENIOR SEMINAR - HISTORY
HIST 390: HISTORICAL PROBLEMS OF THE 20TH CENTURY THROUGH FILM
HSS 404: HUMANITIES SENIOR SEMINAR - HISTORY