Department of History
Coor Hall - 4th Floor
Arizona State University
P.O.Box 874302
Tempe, AZ 85287
Phone: 480-965-5778
Fax: 480-965-0310 Department Email: history@asu.edu Advising Email: historyadvisor@asu.edu Graduate Email: Graduate.History@asu.edu
Noel J. Stowe's areas of expertise are public history, the Southwest, Mexico, and Latin America. His publications include Accountancy in Arizona, Arizona at 75: The Next 25 Years; and California Government: The Challenge of Change. He has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Park Service, American Historical Association, and Arizona Humanities Council. He has served on committees of the American Historical Association and Organization of American Historians and is currently a member of committees of the American Association for State and Local History and the National Council on Public History, in addition to serving on numerous boards in Arizona and its communities. He served as chair of the Arizona State University History Department from 1998 to 2007.
Teaching Interests and Courses
Latin American History, 1492-present (383, 384)
Public History (394)
Hispanic Southwest (424)
History of Spain (456)
Age of Conquest (458)
Change and Reform (459)
Colonial and Modern Mexico (466, 476)
Pro-Seminar: Latin America (498)
Historical Research and Writing (501)
Public History Methodology (502)
Public History Research (503)
Historical Administration (527)
Seminar: Public History (591)
Seminar: Colonial Latin America (591)
Special Topics: Colonial Latin America (598)
Special Topics: Mexico (598)
Research Methods: Public History as a Category of Analysis (700)
Practicum: Preparing Future Faculty (I, II, III, IV) (780)
Professional Service Activities
He has served on committees of the American Historical Association and Organization of American Historians and is currently a member of committees of the American Association for State and Local History and the National Council on Public History, in addition to serving on numerous boards in Arizona and its communities. In 2004 Stowe received the Friend of the Humanities Award, Arizona Humanities Council