Melanie Perreault

Melanie Lynn Perreault was born in Baltimore on August 2, 1968.[1] She earned a B.A., magna cum laude, in history from Lawrence University in 1990.[2] She was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.[1] Perreault earned a Ph.D. in colonial American history from the College of William & Mary in 1997.[2] Her dissertation was titled, First contact: Early English encounters with natives of Russia, West Africa, and the Americas, 1530-1614.[1] James Axtell served as Perreault's doctoral advisor.[1]

She taught at College of William & Mary and Virginia Wesleyan College.[1] In August 1997, Perreault joined University of Central Arkansas as an assistant professor of history.[2][1] She later joined the faculty at Salisbury University where she served as a department chair and was promoted to professor of history and associate provost.[2] She served as provost of the Buffalo State University.[2]

In February 2019, Perreault joined Towson University as provost and executive vice president for academic and student affairs.[3] In December 2022, Perreault was named as the incoming president, succeeding Kim Schatzel.[4][5] She assumed the role on February 1, 2023.[4]

• Meyers, Debra; Perreault, Melanie, eds. (2006). Colonial Chesapeake: New Perspectives. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-1092-8.
• Meyers, Debra; Perreault, Melanie, eds. (2014). Order and Civility in the Early Modern Chesapeake. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-8975-7.