Assistant Professor of History
Tillinghast Hall, Room 228
BA, Vassar College
MA, PhD Northwestern University
Ian Saxine received his PhD from Northwestern University. He teaches US History and British Atlantic World History. His research focuses on colonial and Native American history, especially in New England. His first book, Properties of Empire: Indians, Colonists, and Land Speculators on the New England Frontier, was published NYU Press in 2019. Saxine was the Project Historian for the Eastham 400 program, reexamining the encounter between Wampanoag and Plymouth colonists on Cape Cod in 1620, and hosts the podcast Mainely History, featuring conversations about Maine and New England in the past, to better understand them in the present.
Area of Expertise
Early American History