Mark Santow

Dr. Mark Santow is Associate Professor and Chair of History at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, specializing in 20th century American urban history, politics, civil rights and social policy. He received his doctorate in American History from the University of Pennsylvania in 2000. In addition to chairing the History Department at UMD since 2011, he is on the faculty advisory board of the Black Studies and Urban Studies programs, and the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. He has been a member of the Providence, Rhode Island School Board since 2015. He is also the founder and Academic Director of the Providence Clemente Veterans’ Initiative, which has provided free humanities classes for credit to RI and MA veterans since 2019. From 2005 to 2019, he ran a Clemente Course in the Humanities in New Bedford, aimed at low-income adults. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.