Alumnus, History
Project Coordinator/Editor George Washington Encyclopedia
Thesis Title: Abstention to Consumption: The Development of American Vegetarianism 1817-1917
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Dr. Timothy Gilfoyle
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Adam Shprintzen received his PhD in History from Loyola University Chicago in May 2011, where his studies focused on nineteenth century America. Adam recently defended his dissertation with distinction, and his work explores American vegetarianism as a reform movement in the United States from the early nineteenth century through the early twentieth century. The dissertation has been nominated for consideration for the Society of American Historians' Alan Nevins prize for the best-written doctoral dissertation on American history and received Loyola's prize for the best dissertation in the Humanities for 2011.
Adam received his BA (with honors) from Manhattanville College in 1999, his MA in History at Hunter College, CUNY in 2005, and his PhD from Loyola University Chicago in 2011. Adam has presented his research findings on vegetarian history to a variety of academic conferences, has two articles forthcoming for publication on the subject and has spoken to various vegetarian groups and societies on the identity's history. In addition to spending his time scouring archives to find old vegetarian cookbooks, Adam is a nearly obsessive baseball fan, enjoys listening to a wide range of music and spending time in the kitchen experimenting with a variety of vegetarian recipes.
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