Michelle Tabit

Dr. Michelle Tabit came to the University of the Incarnate Word in 2012, where she is an Associate Professor of History. Before coming to UIW, she was an Assistant Professor of History at Defiance College in Defiance Ohio. Dr. Tabit maintains an active research agenda that focuses on using popular culture to teach history. She presents annually at the American Popular Culture Association’s international conference and recently published an essay “Where No Woman Has Gone Before: Kathryn Janeway Breaking the Glass Ceiling or Reinforcing Stereotypes?” She is an active member of the UIW community, serves on several University committees, regularly teaches women’s history, Star Trek History and Culture, Harry Potter History and Culture, and War and Society. Tabit holds a Ph.D. in history with an emphasis on US and women’s history, with a master’s degree in Public History both degrees are from Washington State University.

• Ph.D., Washington State University, 2004
• MA, Washington State University, 2000
• B.A. Cabrini College, 1996

• American Historical Association
• American Popular Culture Association
• Organization of American Historians

Socializing with friends and family, watching movies and TV, reading non-fiction and fiction books, walking in local parks, crocheting, and learning more about new technology.

• HIST 1312 World History II
• HIST 1321 US to 1865
• HIST 1322 US Since 1865
• HIST 3340 Public History
• HIST 4320 War and Society
• HIST 4330 American Women's History
• HIST 4341 Making History
• HIST 4350 History of Cuba
• HIST 4352 History of Impeachment
• HIST 4399 Harry Potter and History
• HIST 4399 Star Trek History and Culture