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Scott Gac
Professor of History and American Studies
Phone: (860) 297-2347 Office Location: Seabury Hall S-117
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Trinity College faculty member since 2006 View office hours for Fall 2023
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Degrees:
Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center
M.Phil., CUNY Graduate Center
M.M., The Juilliard School
B.A., Columbia Univ.

Director of American Studies and Associate Professor, Scott Gac teaches a variety of courses in American cultural history at Trinity College.  He has written on the antislavery movement, protest music, the Civil War, and violence. His first book, Singing for Freedom: The Hutchinson Family Singers and the Culture of Antebellum Reform (Yale Press, 2007), details the life and work of the Hutchinson Family Singers, the antislavery singing troupe and first commercially successful musicians of social protest in American history. Find out more about his recent talks and book news at his personal website, scottgac.com.