The History Department at UMass Lowell provides a broad introduction to civilizations of the past and present, including those of antiquity, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Read more...
As we resume classes, we are reminded of alum Neil Oliveria's passion for teaching history to high school and middle school students. In 2020-2021, he taught "World History" at Woburn High School. The following academic year, he taught "Ancient History" and "Civics" at Haverhill's Consentino Middle School.
Since January 2023, he has worked full-time at Lawrence High School, where he teaches eleventh graders "US History II." Neil loves working with the students in Lawrence. Among the subjects he finds most rewarding to teach is the Civil Rights Movement, since so many of his students can relate to it.
Neil Oliveria working with a student at Lawrence High School.
Neil Oliveria, already a grandfather, is pursuing degrees in history and education so he can embark on a new career as a teacher.
Deirdre Hutchison was ‘terrified’ when she began college at 47.
Kady Phelps came to UMass Lowell to major in education, but history caught up with her. She earned her master’s degree in history and the Excellence in Students Cultural Heritage Award for her work on an exhibit about Portuguese immigration to Lowell.
A class in archival methods and a directed study, working in the Lawrence History Center, led Jaden Belizaire to pursue graduate schools for archiving.
Sophie Combs knows her research is going somewhere: into the online Library of New England Immigration.
