Dr. Pack is Associate Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at
York University. He previously served as Visiting Assistant Professor of History at
the University of Mississippi and Instructor of History at the University of Arkansas.
He is a graduate of the Univeristy of Arkansas, where he completed his MA and PhD
in History, and Freed-Hardeman University, where he earned his BA in History and Biblical
Studies. He regularly teaches courses in US, World, European, and Public History.
Dr. Pack also currently serves as a member of the Curriculum and Training Committee
of the National Council on Public History and the Management Committee of the Transatlantic
Studies Association. When he’s not in the classroom, you can likely find Dr. Pack
enjoying great food or spending time with his wife and two children.
Dr. Pack’s research examines the relationship between the United States and Great
Britain through the lens of Latin America. His current project, Special Relationships:
The U.S., Great Britain, and the Southern Cone, focuses on Anglo-American involvement
in Latin America’s Southern cone from 1964-1982. He argues that as a result of distinct
and constantly changing definitions of national security, the Southern Cone proved
to be a fault line of tension for the normally cohesive Anglo-American alliance. His
next project will be a foray into food history, looking at the role of state dinners
in the conduct of Cold War diplomacy. Dr. Pack has presented his work at conferences
across the country and the world, including the Society for Historians of American
Foreign Relations, the Transatlantic Studies Association, and Britain and the World.
Previous Roles:
Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Univeristy of Mississippi—2022-2023
Instructor of History, Univeristy of Arkansas, 2019-2022
Senior Exhibit Assistant, Rogers Historical Museum—2012-2016
Contributing Editor, CQ Press—2011-2013
Favorite Verse: “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require
of you but to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah
6:8
Serving York University since 2024.
U.S. Diplomatic History
Transatlantic Relations
US-Latin American Relations
Global Cold War
American Political History
Bible Class Teacher and Worship Leader at East Hill Church of Christ
York County Historical Association Board Member
Anna Bemis Palmer Museum Advisory Board Member
Leadership York Steering Committee Member
