Louis Mercer
Graduate Student
History
Pronouns: He/Him/His
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About
Louis has been a PhD Candidate since 2015. Louis teaches high school history at North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, IL.
Courses Taught:
Teaching Assistant
- HIST 101. Western Civilization Since 1648
- HIST 103. Early America: From Colonization to Civil War and Reconstruction
- HIST 104. Modern America: From Industrialization to Globalization
- HIST 255. History of Chicago
Instructor
- BLST 271. Race and the Politics of Incarceration
Notable Honors
2017, Leo Schelbert Prize for Excellence in Teaching, UIC Department of History
2016, Fellow, National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation
Education
BA in Political Science from University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004
MA in History from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2012
Selected Presentations
- American Historical Association Annual Meeting (New Orleans, LA, 2022)
- Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, PA, 2019)
- American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (San Antonio, TX, 2017)
- History of Education Society Annual Meeting (St. Louis, MO, 2015)
Research Currently in Progress
- Education
- Policing
- Chicago History
- Urban History
- African American History
- Race Relations and Public Policy in Modern U.S.
- Activism, Protests, and Social Movements
- Mass Incarceration