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Jakob Burnham

Title: Lecturer

Department: History

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • MA, Georgetown University, 2018
    Major: History

Current Scheduled Teaching

HIST 4310.001Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern EuropeSpring 2025
HIST 3000.001The Historian's CraftSpring 2025
HIST 4262.005Topics in European HistorySpring 2025
HIST 3996.002Honors College Mentored Research ExperienceFall 2024
HIST 4260.004Topics in HistoryFall 2024 Syllabus
HIST 4260.202Topics in HistoryFall 2024 Syllabus
HIST 6470.001U.S. Gender and Sexuality History SeminarFall 2024 Syllabus
HIST 1060.001World History from the Sixteenth CenturyFall 2024 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 4310.001Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern EuropeSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 3996.001Honors College Mentored Research ExperienceSpring 2024
HIST 4262.001Topics in European HistorySpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4262.002Topics in European HistorySpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5080.001Seminar in Modern European HistoryFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4220.001The RenaissanceFall 2023 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

    Academic Blog Post

  • Burnham, J. (2023). A Tale of Two Deaths: Chronic Illness, Race, and the Medicalization of Suicide. Nursing Clio. https://nursingclio.org/2023/02/21/a-tale-of-two-deaths-chronic-illness-race-and-the-medicalization-of-suicide/
  • Burnham, J. (2022). Healing on Credit: Medical Bills and the Politics of Medicine in Eighteenth-Century Pondichéry. Nursing Clio. https://nursingclio.org/2022/05/17/healing-on-credit-medical-bills-and-the-politics-of-medicine-in-eighteenth-century-pondichery/

    • Book Chapter

  • Burnham, J. (2023). Pensioning Pondichéry's Enfants and Orphelins: Social Welfare and the French East India Company in eighteenth-century French India. Fertility, Family, and Social Welfare between France and Empire: The Colonial Politics of Population. 37-57. Palgrave-Macmillan.

    • Encyclopedia Article

  • Burnham, J. (2023). France and the Indian Ocean, 1500-1700. Routledge Resources Online: The Renaissance World. Routeledge.

    • Journal Article

  • Degroot, D., Burnham, J. (2021). Towards a Rigorous Understanding of Societal Responses to Climate Change. Nature. 7851 (March 2021) 539-550. Springer Nature.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Burnham, J., "Research Fellow," sponsored by Medical Humanities Initative, Georgetown University, Private, $2500 Funded. (2021 - 2023).
  • Burnham, J., "Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Abroad Research Fellowship," sponsored by US Department of Education, Federal, $31000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
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Overall
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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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