Miguel Angel Chavez
Historian of Science, Exploration, and Empire
Teaching Experience
Through my time in academia, I have had the privilege to teach at a variety of institutions as an adjunct, teaching assistant, and as a professor.
I am currently an Assistant Professor of History at Cumberland University. Since 2022, I have taught a 4-4 course load, generally teaching three survey courses and one upper-level course. While Cumberland University’s history program is small, it is nonetheless vibrant and filled with great students.
Below is a list of courses that I have taught, from most recent to latest and from upper-level to lower-level. I will provide a syllabus copy as a reference to those who are eager to know how I structure my classes. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions or suggestions!
* Note, the table below is best viewed on desktop, not mobile! Here is a PDF if you are on mobile so you can see the table unaltered:
** Updated: 09 June 2025
Cumberland University
Assistant Professor - 2022-2025African History
History of Science
World War II
Historical Geography
World Regional Geography
World Civilization I
World Civilization II
Western Civ. I
US History I
HIST 326-01
HIST 495-01
HIST 238-01
HIST 302-01
GEOG 200-01
HIST 191-01 & 02
HIST 192-01
HIST 111-01
HIST 201
Fall 2025 & 2023
Spring 2025
Fall 2024 & 2022
Spring 2024
Fall 2025
All seemsters.
Fall 2025
All except Fall 2023.
F22, SP23, & F23
Upper
Upper
Middle
Upper
Lower
Lower
Lower
Lower
Lower
Vanderbilt University
Teaching Assistant - 2018-2021 I served as a teaching assistant for four classes during my time at Vanderbilt. The Vanderbilt History Department required Ph.D. students to TA for four classes, two during the student’s 3rd year and two during the student’s 5th year in the program.
Unlike the courses listed above, no syllabi are posted here as they are not mine to post. You are free to reach out to the professors below if you are so curious to see those documents.
Global History of Waste
Global History: 1453-2020
History of Modern Science & Society
The History of Western Warfare
HIST 2413
HIST 1039
HIST 1500
HIST 1700
Spring 2021
Fall 2020
Spring 2019
Fall 2018
Tasha Rijke-Epstein
Helmut Walser Smith
Ole Molvig
Peter Lorge
North Central Texas College
Adjunct Instructor - 2015-16I served as an Adjunct Instructor of History at North Central Texas College for one year, right after receiving my Master’s in History from North Texas in 2015. I had never taught a class up to this point and it was a valuable learning experience.
I taught two courses per semester, both dual-credit classes on location at local high schools. The classes were both halves of the US History unit.
As the experience of teaching was new to me during my time at NCTC, I will not be posting the syllabi here.
US History I
US History II
HIST 1301
HIST 1302
Fall 2015
Spring 2016
Krum HS & Little Elm HS
Little Elm HS & Ponder HS