HYLAND, Matthew

Visiting Assistant Professor

Phone: 412.396.6479
Fax: 412.396.1439
Office: COLH 618
hylandm1@duq.edu

Matthew G. Hyland holds a master's degree in American Studies from the University of Wyoming and a doctorate in American Studies from the College of William and Mary. Before beginning his affiliation with Duquesne, he worked as an architectural historian for an environmental planning and engineering firm in Pittsburgh conducting cultural resource management investigations. His major areas of teaching and research focus on issues in historic preservation, material culture studies, and early American architectural history. He has authored numerous reports on architectural resources and historic districts, intensive-level building documentation projects, a journal article, and a book on Montpelier, the historic home of James and Dolley Madison in Orange County, Virginia.

Ph.D.: College of William and Mary (American Studies)
M.A.: University of Wyoming (American Studies)
B.A.: University of Notre Dame (American Studies)

Courses Offered:

HIST 151: Shaping of the Modern World
HIST 203: History of the U.S. to 1877
HIST 385: America's Frontiers
HIST 396: Public History: Peoples' Pasts
HIST 429W/529: Historic Preservation
HIST 442W/542: American Architecture
HIST 656: Historic Preservation Internship
HIST 699: Introduction to Graduate History