Jason Coy
Interim Dean School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Jason Coy was appointed Interim dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences in July 2024. Before assuming the role of interim dean, Coy served as chair of the Department of History from 2020-2024. He was the director of the Master of Arts in History program from 2010-2016 and 2018-2020.
Coy’s research interests include the history of early modern Europe, Reformation-era Germany, and the European Witch-Hunts. He is the author of Strangers and Misfits: Banishment, Social Control, and Authority in Early Modern Germany (Brill, 2008) and The Devil's Art: Divination and Discipline in Early Modern Germany (University of Virginia, 2020).
Education
Ph.D. The University of California, Los Angeles, 2001
M.A. The Ohio State University, 1995
B.A. The Ohio State University, 1993
Career Highlights
2024-Present: Interim Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
2020-2024: Chair, College of Charleston Department of History
2018-2020: Graduate Program Director, College of Charleston Department of History
2016-2024: Professor of History, College of Charleston
2010-2016: Graduate Program Director, College of Charleston Department of History
2009-2016: Associate Professor of History, College of Charleston
2003-2009: Assistant Professor of History, College of Charleston
Honors and Achievements
2012: Herzog Ernst Fellowship of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation at the Forschungszentrum Gotha.
2011: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Re-Invitation Grant.
2009: Eleanore and Harold Jantz Fellowship from the Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
2007: Excel Outstanding Faculty Award for the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the College of Charleston.
2002: Maria Sibylla Merian Fellowship for Postdoctoral Studies from the University of Erfurt, Germany.