2115 Francis Scott Key
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
phone: 301-405-7051
fax: 301-314-9399
Email: rjbell@umd.edu

            Richard Bell joined the History Department in 2006 where he teaches colonial and early American history. His research interests encompass the histories of mass communication, violence, and death. He is the author of several journal articles on the subjects of illness and suicide and is preparing a book manuscript about the cultural significance of suicide in early America. He has held research fellowships at more than a dozen libraries and institutes. From January to June 2008, Dr. Bell is the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow at the American Antiquarian Society and from July to December 2008 he will serve as the Mellon Fellow at Cambridge University.

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Current Projects:

"Do Not Despair: Suicide and Power in the newly United States"