Chappy Hall

Graduate Teaching Assistant

European History: French Colonialism, Empire, The Atlantic World, Digital History, Public History, and History Video Games.

Chapman “Chappy” Hall is a first year history PhD student at George Mason University. He graduated from the University of Maine with a B.A. in history in 2024. His research interests are centered on French colonialism and empire in the late 18th and the 19th centuries. His research also includes digital history, in particular history video games. He is interested in how video games as a unique form of media can affect historical discourse and influence public understandings of history.

Selected Publications

Hall, Chapman, "Playing History: How Video Games Can Change the Way We Understand the Past" (2024). Honors College. 874.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/honors/874

Education

B.A. in History, University of Maine, 2024.