Dr. Martha Pallante

Professor
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Dr. Martha Pallante

Professor

Humanities & Social Sciences

DeBartolo Hall 540

phone: (330) 941-1607

mipallante@ysu.edu

  • Awards and Honors
    • 2023

      YSU Foundation

      Charles Darling Endowed Chair in American Social/Cultural History

      Recognizes outstanding accomplishments in American Social History; first awarded in Fall 2020;renewed 2023

    • 2021

      Niles McKinley Alumni Association

      McKinley Alumni Association, Hall of Fame Recipient,

      Five recipients chosen annually, cannot be self Nominated; in recognition of outstanding career accomplishments

  • Intellectual Contributions
    • 2023

      "Review essay of The Making of the Midwest: Essays on the Formation of Midwestern Identities, 1790-1900, John K. Lauck, (Hastings, Nebraska: Hastings Press, 2020)"

      M. Pallante

      Ohio History,, KSU Press, volume 43, issue 2, p. 2

    • 2022

      "“Becoming Italian American in the Nation's Heartland: The Immigrant Experience in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley,"

      M. Pallante, D. DeBlasio

      Italian Americana,, University of Illinois, volume 40, issue 2, p. 99-125

    • 2021

      "Review of For Italian American--Value, Virtues, and Vices, Italian Style: Caesar, Dante, Machiavelli, and Garabaldi by Raymond Angelo Belliotti (Vancouver: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2020"

      M. Pallante

      Italian American, University Of Illinois Press, volume 41, issue 4, p. 2

    • 2020

      "Eating in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley: Italian American Foodways and Traditions,”"

      M. Pallante, D. DeBlasio

      Repast, volume 36, issue 2, p. 10-16

    • 2020

      "“Mather to McGuffey: Children’s Prescriptive Literature for the New Frontier,”"

      M. Pallante

      Ohio History, KSU Press, volume 127, issue 2, p. 7-31

  • Professional Service
    • 2023 - present

      Other
      History across the Humanities-Marcus Rediker, "Freedom Ship: Escaping slavery by Sea in Antebellum Atlantic America." YHCIL, HATH Keynote

    • 2022 - 2022

      Other
      Reeder Symposium on Transportion

    • 2022 - present

      Other
      Darling Endowmwnt Pedegogy Lecture--Jonathan Zimmerman, “Culture Wars: Teaching Tough Histories,” lecture and workshop

    • 2022 - present

      Other
      History across the Humanities--- Carla Simonini, Rubino Professor and Director of Italian American Studies, "Inventing Colombo: How Italian Americans Forged a Pathway to Acceptance through Christopher Columbus

    • 2022 - present

      Committee Member
      Ohio Faculty COunclil

    • 2021 - present

      Other
      History across the Humanities-Mikaëla Adams, Associate Professor of Native American History, 'A Veritable Nightmare, Pitiable and Harrowing Beyond Degree': The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1920 in Indian Country

    • 2009 - 2028

      Other
      Youngstown Historical Center of Industry, for the Ohio History Connection

    • 2002 - 2028

      Other
      National Council for the Social Studies

  • Public Service
    • 2023 - present

      Guest Speaker
      Mahoning Cultural Alliance- Why is the Steel Valley is Difference: Immigration and Assimilation

    • 2023 - present

      Other
      Working Class Studies-- Tim Noah, Labor and Economy reporter for the New Republic

    • 2023 - present

      Other
      Women and Gender Studies, Dr Lady J, A History of Drag, for Pride Month Celebrations

    • 2022 - present

      Guest Speaker
      Young at Heart

    • 2022 - present

      Guest Speaker
      Warren Italian Festival

    • 2022 - present

      Guest Speaker
      Warren Italian Fest

    • 2022 - present

      Guest Speaker
      Trumbull Count Retired Teachers-Using Foodways to find your Past

    • 2022 - present

      Other
      Women and Gender Studies, Treva Lindsey, Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University. America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and The Struggle for Justice

    • 2022 - present

      Other
      Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Tameka N. Ellington, associate professor of Design at the Kent State University’s Fashion School, First Generation Revolutionaries,

    • 2022 - present

      Other
      With Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Rev. Dr. Theron Williams, head pastor of Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Indianapolis, The Black Church and White Theology

    • 2021 - present

      Guest Speaker
      Trumbull County Historical Society- When East Meets Midwest

    • 2021 - present

      Guest Speaker
      YSU-AAUW-Significance of 9/11

    • 2021 - present

      Guest Speaker
      Warren Italian Festival

    • 2021 - present

      Other
      African Studies -- Dr. David McBride, "Through a Different Lens: Exploring the Negative Impact of COVID-19 and the Health Disparities in African American Communities

    • 2021 - present

      Other
      Women's Studies --Dr. RaJade M. Berry-James, Pandemics, Social Equity and COVID-19: Is There a Disproportionate Impact on Women?