Michael Carrafiello

Michael L. Carrafiello is Professor of History at Miami University, Ohio. He holds a B. A. from Rollins College (Honors), and his graduate degrees (M. A., Ph. D.) are from Vanderbilt University. He has published and spoken widely on early modern English history and antebellum American history. Dr. Carrafiello’s articles have appeared in the Historical Journal, the Catholic Historical Review, and Pennsylvania History, among other periodicals. From 2000-09, he served as inaugural director of Miami University’s Michael J. Colligan History Project. His current long-term project concerns the administration of President James Buchanan and its role in fostering Southern secession during the winter of 1860-61.

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