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Greta Swain

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: History

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, George Mason University, 2023
    Major: History
    Dissertation: "Potomac Networks: Waterways, Commerce, and Enslavement in the George Mason Family, 1700-1828"
  • MA, George Mason University, 2017
    Major: History
    Specialization: American History, Applied

Current Scheduled Teaching

HUMA 4920.001Applied Humanities InternshipFall 2026 Syllabus
HIST 5920.001Professional InternshipFall 2026
HIST 4490.002The American Revolution ¿ Causes and ConsequencesFall 2026 Syllabus
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

HIST 5110.001Studies in United States HistorySpring 2026 SPOT
HIST 2685.001Honors United States History Since 1865Fall 2025 Syllabus SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Blog

  • Swain, G., Greer, C. (2021). American Rescue Workers. American Religious Ecologies. https://religiousecologies.org/blog/american-rescue-workers/
  • Swain, G. (2021). Deploying Datascribe to Create a New Dataset for American Religion. American Religious Ecologies. https://religiousecologies.org/blog/deploying-datascribe-to-create-a-new-dataset-for-american-religious-history/
  • Swain, G. (2019). Digitization of 230k+ Schedules Has Commenced. American Religious Ecologies. https://religiousecologies.org/blog/digitization-of-230k-schedules-has-commenced/

    • Case Study

  • Swain, G. (2022). American Religious Ecologies. Datascribe. https://datascribe.tech/casestudies/CaseStudy_AmericanReligiousEcologies.pdf

    • Digital Scholarly Essay

  • Swain, G. (2019). Maryland's Political Geography in the Early Republic. Mapping Early American Elections. https://earlyamericanelections.org/essays/06-swain-geography-of-politics.html

    • Software

  • Albers, K., Otis, J., Mullen, L., Brett, M., Heppler, J., Safley, J., Swain, G., Adasme, H., Nguyen, K., Howlett, D., Meyers, E. (2022). DataScribe. https://datascribe.tech

    • Webpage

  • Mullen, L., Turner, J., Swain, G. (2021). American Religious Ecologies. Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. http://religiousecologies.org
  • Mack, J., Bookman, S., Heppler, J., Swain, G., Brannan Fretwell, L., Baez, V. (2021). Mapping the University. Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. https://mappingtheuniversity.rrchnm.org
  • Brennan, S., Mullen, L., Zagarri, R., Swain, G., Bratt, J., Albers, K., Buck, B. (2019). Mapping Early American Elections. Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. http://earlyamericanelections.org
  • Swain, G. (2018). For Us The Living. Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. http://forustheliving.org/

    • White Paper

  • Otis, J., Mullen, L., Brett, M., Swain, G., Adasme, H., Howlett, D., Meyers, E. (2023). Structured Data Transcription with DataScribe for Omeka S. National Endowment for the Humanities. https://apps.neh.gov/publicquery/Download.aspx?data=VdyuWICxOG9k3%2f5xPqGtUGX4OyEjwfzCMZ2ARvPSEzPd55KnxKzh0FK5zx%2bWWTPtl3KLetEjhl%2bp%2blir%2bx%2fsSl6f3W5Vvx3dFdtdrATcbKj4Wi8NjZYHyj5re9XIFtsqvKHzgSAW8YDgszmAiM6xF5BCy3xInAIj

    • Written Case with Instructional Material

  • Swain, G. (2019). R Tutorial. Mapping Early American Elections. https://earlyamericanelections.org/blog/2019/04/30/r-tutorial.html

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Swain, G.K., "Provost’s Doctoral Research Fellowship," sponsored by George Mason University, State, $20000 Funded. (2022 - 2023).
  • Swain, G.K., "Provost’s Summer Research Fellowship," sponsored by George Mason University, State, $7000 Funded. (2022 - 2022).
  • Swain, G. (Principal), "Residential Fellowship," sponsored by Center for Humanities Research, George Mason University, State, $7000 Funded. (2022 - 2022).
  • Swain, G. (Principal), "Society of Colonial Wars Research Fellowship," sponsored by George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon, International, $10000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
  • Swain, G., "Louise and Rudolf Fishel New Media Fellowship," sponsored by George Mason University, State, $8000 Funded. (2021 - 2021).
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Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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