Jennifer H. Dorsey
Professor of History
About Us
Siena's McCormick Center partners with nonprofits and the public sector to develop and share educational programming about the history of New York State and colonial and Revolutionary America. Our educational practices are student-centered and civic minded. We provide Siena students with personally meaningful leadership and learning opportunities that advance history education and prepare them for life, work and active citizenship. Our students learn history and make history!
The McCormick Center for the Study of the American Revolution was founded in 2005 as the Center for Revolutionary Era Studies. Created through a partnership between Siena University faculty and park rangers at Saratoga National Historical Park, the Center promotes understanding of New York’s history, especially the contributions of New Yorkers to American independence and the early republic.
From the beginning, the McCormick Center was designed to serve both students and the broader public. We develop educational programs and initiatives in collaboration with public history professionals in museums, libraries and parks throughout the Capital Region and greater New York.
