Joyce E. Sampson, Ph.D.
Professor College of Distance Education
Biography
After four years of service in the U.S. Air Force, Professor Sampson worked in various capacities, including paymaster at a metal scrap yard, supervisor for United Parcel Service, music teacher and as a professional musician, where she toured with a group under the Armed Forces Entertainment. She wrote her Ph.D. history dissertation on the regicide, Thomas Harrison, who was executed for having signed the death warrant of Charles I, the first tried and executed monarch in history. She is currently translating and commenting on Carl von Clausewitz's “Die Feldzüge Friedrich des Grossen von 1741-1762 (The Campaigns of Frederick the Great, 1741-1762).”
Contact Information
Areas of Expertise
- Koreas
- Military Theory
- Revolutionary War
- Vietnam
- Vietnam War
- WWII
Education
Ph.D., Florida State University, 2001, Early Modern British History
M.A., Kent State University, 1992, European History
B.A., Kent State University, 1989, History
Research Contributions and Publications
“Daniel Defoe,” in Stephen Stein, The Sea in World History: Exploration, Travel, and Trade
Encyclopedia and Dictionary Entries
BC-CLIO, 2016
“The East India Company” in Stephen Stein, The Sea in World History: Exploration, Travel, and Trade
Encyclopedia and Dictionary Entries
BC-CLIO, 2016
“William Sedgwick,” New Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford University Press
2004
“Anthony Sharpe,” and “Thomas Harrison (Minister),” Dictionary of Irish Biography
Cambridge University Press
2003
“Charles II,” “Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury,” and “John Knox,” The Readers’ Guide to British History
Edited by D. M. Loades
Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, London
June 2002
"Modern British Navy, History of Since Steamships," The Readers’ Guide to British History
Edited by D. M. Loades
Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, London
June 2002
“Henry VI,” and “Edward IV,” Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England
Greenwood Publishers
2001
Korea Institute of Military History. The Korean War. Volume 3. History: Reviews of New Books. Washington D. C. Heldref Publications, Fall 2002
Review
Tony Claydon, William III and the Godly Revolution in History: Reviews of New Books, Winter 1997
Review
Colm Lennon, Sixteenth-Century Ireland: The Incomplete Conquest in History: Reviews of New Books, Winter 1996
Review
Other Honors
Norwich University Distinguished Faculty of the Year for 2009
Masters in Military History Program, Norwich University
Florida State University Dissertation Fellowship
1998-1999
J. Leitch Wright Dissertation Research Award for the Folger Shakespeare Library
April 1998
External Memberships and Associations
North American Conference on British Studies
Phi Alpha Theta
Member, 1990-Present
President, Kent State University’s Chapter
Spring 1991-1992
Society for Military History
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