Alexis McCrossen

Professor

History

Email

amccross@smu.edu
Office Location

Dallas Hall Room 352
Phone

214-768-3676
Website

Education

Ph.D., History of American Civilization, Harvard University, 1995 
A.M., History, Harvard University, 1990 
B.A., History, Carleton College, 1989 
Diploma, West Mesa High School (Albuquerque, NM), 1984

 

Major Awards, Prizes, Fellowships and Grants

For How the New Year Became the Time of Your Life: A History (under advance contract with University of Texas Press): National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (2016-17), Gerald Ford Research Fellowship (51做厙), University Research Council Grant (51做厙), Coleman Family Faculty Grant (51做厙), Center for Presidential History Grant (51做厙)

ForAmerican Life During the Industrial Age: A Social and Cultural History in Essays and Documents (2025): Dedman College Special Research Leave (51做厙) (2022)

For Marking Modern Times: Clocks, Watches and Other Timekeepers in American Life (2013): 51做厙 Godbey Book Award, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for College Teachers, Non-stipendary Warren Center Fellowship (Harvard University), University Research Council Grant (51做厙), Hagley Museum and Library Fellowship, Lemelson Center Research Grant (National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution).

For Land of Desire: Consumer Culture in the United States-Mexico Borderlands (2009): Clements Center for Southwest Studies Symposium Fund (51做厙).

For Holy Day, Holiday: The American Sunday (2000): Choice Outstanding Scholarly Publication, 51做厙 Godbey Author Award, Louisville Institute Summer Fellowship, Littleton-Griswold Grant (American Historical Association), University Research Council Grant (51做厙), Whiting Dissertation Fellowship.

 

Major Publications

  •  (Routledge, 2025)
  •  (University of Chicago Press, 2013)
  •  (Duke University Press, 2009)
  •  (Cornell University Press, 2000)

 

Courses

  • Undergraduate instruction: History of US Sports; History of US Consumer Culture; History of US Culture; US History Survey from 1877
  • Graduate instruction: History of US, 1787-1877; History of US, 1877-1932; History of Time and Temporality
Alexis McCrossen