Megan VanGorder
Assistant Professor
History
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Office
SCH Schroeder Hall 301
Office Hours
Tuesday and Thursdays, 12-1:30
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Research
Biography
Megan VanGorder is an Assistant Professor of History at Illinois State University.
Current Courses
HIS 290.001 History-Social Science Teaching Methodology I
HIS 290.002 History-Social Science Teaching Methodology I
HIS 300.003 Senior Seminar In History
HIS 390.001 History-Social Science Teaching Methodology II
HIS 390.002 History-Social Science Teaching Methodology II
Teaching Interests & Areas
History and Social Sciences Education, Illinois, Social Medicine, Nineteenth Century US, Women's History
Research Interests & Areas
Nineteenth Century U.S. Social Histories
Microhistories
Place-based Histories
Illinois History
PhD History
Nothern Illinois University
DeKalb, Illinois
MA History
Adams State University, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
BA History
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
Book Review
VanGorder, M. The Sentimental State: How Women-Led Reform Built the American Welfare State by Elizabeth Garner Masarik (review). The Journal of the Civil War Era 15.3 (2025): 393-396.
Book, Authored
VanGorder, M. A Mother's Work: Mary Bickerdyke, Civil War-Era Nurse. University of North Carolina Press (2026)
Journal Article
VanGorder, M. Imagining the Past: Generative AI Prompting, Source Sets, and the TAP(E) Protocol. The History Teacher 49.1 (2025)
VanGorder, M. Special Acts of Justice: Mary Bickerdyke and the Extension of Civil War Veteran Care. Indiana Magazine of History, Indiana University Press 121.2 (2025): pp. 69-102.
VanGorder, M. Grounding History Instruction: Engaging Place and Scale through Iterative Local Inquiry Design. The Councilor, A National Journal of the Social Studies 86.1 (2023)
Other
VanGorder, M. Setting the Record Straight: Mrs. Adaline Tyler and Civil War medical advocacy. Civil War Monitor (2025)