Craig Marin

Research Areas & Interests

Atlantic History, Marine Environmental History, Caribbean Plantation Complex, Enslavement and Resistance to Enslavement, Free and Enslaved Maritime Laborers

Teaching Philosophy

No matter what subject I am teaching, my overarching goals are the same: to model and encourage critical reading skills, to develop in my students the ability to perform basic historical analysis, and to enable them to clearly and effectively express and support their own views and arguments verbally and through their writing. An important component of my teaching method is to develop a rapport with all my students in order to facilitate an atmosphere in which they feel comfortable engaging in open dialogues with their peers and instructor. It is this process of “give-and-take” in class discussions—exchanges during which my own arguments and ideas evolve along with those of my students—that excites me most about teaching.

In addition, my selection of readings and themes are designed to amplify the voices of the oppressed and minoritized. Since the outset of my tenure at SEA, I have worked to incorporate racial equity frameworks into our pedagogy, and have striven to make sure our cooperative programming with local communities are mutually beneficial, equitable, and just. Along those lines, I am committed to a decolonization of curriculum in my programs and in SEA as a whole.

Selected Publications

• Guest Blog: “Black Mariners in the Atlantic World,” Hudson River Maritime Museum History Blog, Feb 2017.
  (https://www.hrmm.org/history-blog/guest-blog-black-mariners-in-the-atlantic-world)
• “Accounting for ‘Wharfage, Porterage, and Pilferage’: Maritime Slaves and Resistance in Charleston, South Carolina.,” in Ana Lucia Araujo, editor, Paths of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Interactions, Identities, and Images (Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, Inc.), 2011.
• “Pan-Atlantic Port City Resistance and Riots Among Seamen During the Era of the American Revolution,” in The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest: 1500 to the Present, Immanuel Ness, Editor, Spring 2009.
  

Professional Affiliations and Memberships

American Historical Association, American Society for Environmental History, Atlantic Black Box, Rhode Island Historical Society, New England Ocean Science Education Collaborative

Awards & Honors

Jim Millinger Award for Excellence in Teaching, Sea Education Association, 2014.

The Excellence Award for Outstanding Professor, Student Government Board, University of Rhode Island/CCE Providence Campus, 2013.

Personal Interests

Over the last several years, I have thoroughly enjoyed returning to shipboard life and have become an enthusiastic cyclist. I enjoy many outdoor activities from hiking to skiing, but I am also happy spending hours reading fiction and poetry. Not surprisingly, I enjoy traveling and learning about people’s everyday lives.