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Frank W. Garmon, Jr.

Honors Program - Department of Leadership and American Studies


Frank Garmon

Assistant Professor

McMurran Hall 308
(757) 594-0735
frank.garmon@cnu.edu

Education

  • Ph D in History, University of Virginia
  • MA in History, University of Virginia
  • BA in History, Christopher Newport University

Teaching

AMST 100 The American Experiment
AMST 320 American Entrepreneurship
AMST 395 Constitutional Convention of 1787
AMST 490W Senior Seminar

Research

American Political Economy

Selected Accomplishments

  • Book, Scholarly-New
    (2024). A Wonderful Career in Crime: Charles Cowlam’s Masquerades in the Civil War Era and Gilded Age. Louisiana State University Press.
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2024). "Divided Government and the Bias Against Presidential Restraint". Social Science Journal. Volume, 61. Issue, 2. Pages, 474-491.
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2023). “The Settlers’ Fortunes: Comparing Tax Censuses in the Cape Colony and Early American Republic”. Economic History Review. Volume, 72. Issue, 2. Pages, 525-550.
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2020). “Mapping Distress: The Geography of Tax Insolvency in Virginia, 1782-1790”. Journal of the Early Republic. Volume, 40. Issue, 2. Pages, 231-265.
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2020). "Population Density and the Accuracy of the Land Valuations in the 1798 Federal Direct Tax". Historical Methods. Volume, 53. Issue, 1. Pages, 1-10.
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