{"id":24924,"date":"2025-12-23T14:25:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/?post_type=staff&p=24924"},"modified":"2026-05-21T18:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T01:54:00","slug":"jeff-horn-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/staff\/jeff-horn-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Horn, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to my page! In addition to being a place\u00a0for people to find me,\u00a0it can\u00a0be\u00a0useful to know what kind of experience and engagement I\u00a0bring to Bellevue College.\u00a0\u00a0Before I came to Washington State, I was a teacher, a scholar, and a leader.\u00a0\u00a0Now\u00a0I am a different kind of leader, but, as\u00a0a\u00a0historian, I feel strongly that you\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0forget your past.\u00a0\u00a0The dry recitation of positions and publications has its purpose, but if you would like to talk about\u00a0the work\u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0done,\u00a0the courses\u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0taught,\u00a0or anything else, please\u00a0contact me at\u00a0jeff.horn@bellevuecollege.edu<\/a>\u00a0or swing by A254C on the beautiful Bellevue\u00a0College\u00a0campus.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeff Horn received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania after doing a BA\/MA at the Johns Hopkins University.  He taught full-time for more than 31 years at Stetson University, George Mason University, and Manhattan College (now Manhattan University).  Horn has been Dean of Social Science at Bellevue College since January 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Horn is a French, European and global historian who authored or edited nine books on a wide variety of topics.  They include: A People\u2019s History of the World, 1400 to the present<\/em> (Oxford University Press, 2022); The Making of a Terrorist: Alexandre Rousselin and the French Revolution<\/em> (Oxford University Press, 2021 [Paperback edition: 2023]); ed., Voices of a People\u2019s History of the World, 1400 to the present<\/em> (Oxford University Press, 2022); The Industrial Revolution: History, Documents, and Key Questions<\/em> (ABC-CLIO [now Bloomsbury], 2016); Economic Development in Early Modern France: The Privilege of Liberty, 1650-1820<\/em> (Cambridge University Press, 2015 [Paperback edition: 2017]); ed. with with Leonard N. Rosenband and Merritt Roe Smith, Reconceptualizing the Industrial Revolution<\/em> (MIT Press, 2010); The Industrial Revolution: Milestones in Business History<\/em>. <\/em>Greenwood Press [now Bloomsbury], 2007; The Path Not Taken: French Industrialization in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1830<\/em> (MIT Press, 2006 [Paperback edition: 2008]); and \u00ab Qui parle pour la nation? \u00bb  Les \u00e9lections et les \u00e9lus de la Champagne m\u00e9ridionale, 1765-1830<\/em> (Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des \u00e9tudes robespierristes, 2004).  Horn has also written 44 articles and book chapters along with 69 scholarly book reviews while delivering 70 plenaries, invited talks, and conference papers. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Horn has received grants from the National Science Foundation (1999-2000; 1993-95), National Endowment for the Humanities (2009), the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology (2002-03) the French government (1990-91), Stetson University (1997; 1996; 1994), and Manhattan College (2023; 2020; 2017; 2014; 2010; 2008; 2006; 2002). He is the recipient of the 2011 Martin Rollins Interfaith Brotherhood Award from the Riverdale (New York) Jewish Community Relations Council. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to extensive service to his home institutions, Horn has served on committees for the National Endowment for the Humanities (2012; 2006) and the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (1998-2000).  With David Troyansky, Horn was Co-Moderator of the New York French History Group (2016-23).  Horn has held many positions within the Society for French Historical Studies, including two terms as Co-President (with Sally Charnow) in 2023-24 and 2020-21.  He also held several roles for the Western Society for French History, including a term as President in 2013-14. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Currently, Horn is on the editorial board for two journals: Annales historiques de la R\u00e9volution fran\u00e7aise<\/em> (2023-26) and Historical Reflections \/ R\u00e9flexions historiques<\/em> (2019-27).  He also serves on the Pinkney Prize Committee for the best book in French History for the Society for French Historical Studies (2025-27).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3556,"featured_media":25020,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-24924","staff","type-staff","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/24924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/staff"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3556"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/24924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25021,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/24924\/revisions\/25021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/socsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}