Degrees:

• M.A. History, Brandeis University
• B.A. History, Lasell University

Courses:

• HIST 103 World Civilization I
• HIST 203 The History of Women in U.S.
• HIST 223 History and The Power of Place
• HIST 390D DS: 19th Century American Medicine
• HIST 390D DS: Ancient Egypt: A Contemporary Look
• HIST 390D DS: Identity, Ideology & Empire
• HIST 400 Individual Seminar in Reading & Research

Biography:

Professor Laura Commins began her undergraduate studies in 2008 as a non-traditional student, after raising three children. In 2012, she received a B.A. in history from Lasell University . Laura went on to complete an M.A. in history at Brandeis University, and in 2013, she returned to the Humanities Department at Lasell as a lecturer in history. In Fall 2014, she entered a Ph.D. program in history with a concentration in American history at the University of New Hampshire. New courses she has introduced at Lasell include Nineteenth-Century New York, Native American History, and The Power of Place: Concord, Massachusetts. Laura has been involved extensively in educational museum work.