Dr. Richard Shiels

Research Interests

  • US History to 1877
  • Race, Ethnicity and Nation
  • Religion in History
  • Earthworks

Education

  • PhD, Boston University, 1976;
  • MA.R., Yale University, 1971; 
  • BA, Hope College, 1968.

A former faculty member at the Newark campus, Professor Shiels specializes in American religious history and is the author of articles on that topic. His present research focuses on religious revivals and the formation of voluntary religious societies in New England from 1760 to 1840. He was the recipient of The Ohio State University-Newark Teaching Excellence Award in 1977, 1985, and 1988. Dr. Shiels was the founding director of the Newark Earthworks Center, an academic research center of The Ohio State University.


Research and Grant Work


Awards

  • The Ohio State University-Newark Teaching Excellence Award, 1977, 1985, and 1988
Former Director of the Newark Earthworks Center
Associate Professor Emeritus of History | The Ohio State University
shiels.1@osu.edu
Dr. Richard Shiels, former Director of the Newark Earthworks Center, The Ohio State University.

Research Interests

  • US History to 1877
  • Race, Ethnicity and Nation
  • Religion in History
  • Earthworks

Education

  • PhD, Boston University, 1976;
  • MA.R., Yale University, 1971; 
  • BA, Hope College, 1968.

A former faculty member at the Newark campus, Professor Shiels specializes in American religious history and is the author of articles on that topic. His present research focuses on religious revivals and the formation of voluntary religious societies in New England from 1760 to 1840. He was the recipient of The Ohio State University-Newark Teaching Excellence Award in 1977, 1985, and 1988. Dr. Shiels was the founding director of the Newark Earthworks Center, an academic research center of The Ohio State University.


Research and Grant Work


Awards

  • The Ohio State University-Newark Teaching Excellence Award, 1977, 1985, and 1988