Andrew P. Haley
Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 2005
Liberal Arts Building 451
601-336-0708
andrew.haley@usm.edu
Andrew Peter Haley studies class and culture in the United States from the Gilded Age through the 1950s. He has a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh and a bachelor degree from Tufts University.
Andrew’s dissertation, “Turning the Tables: American Restaurant Culture and the Rise of the Middle Class, 1880-1920,” is currently under consideration for publication. In “Turning the Tables,” Andrew argues that changes in restaurant culture at the turn of the century—battles over French-language menus, scientific eating, cosmopolitan cuisine—demonstrate the growing influence of urban middle-class consumers. His previous publications include an article in Midwestern Folklore and he is the recipient of grants from the Aubrey Keith Lucas and Ella Ginn Lucas Endowment for Faculty Excellence at the University of Southern Mississippi, the Andrew F. Mellon Foundation, and the Center for Cultural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Andrew’s next major project examines children and dining, both public and private. His further interests include Chinese cuisine in the United States, nineteenth-century perceptions of cooking in New Orleans, “virtual restaurants” in the 1950s, and historical perceptions of taste.
Andrew loves to teach. He specializes in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, an age when every aspect of modern American life took shape. He is especially interested in the cultural lives of everyday Americans and has taught courses on popular culture, labor, gender, food, and nationalism.
Department of History
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