Jessica DeJohn Bergen
Assistant Professor, Dept. of History
Department: History | Office Location: Kaufman 209-J | Email Address: jbergen@mcneese.edu | Office Phone: 337-475-5313
Dr. Jessica DeJohn Bergen earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Southeastern Louisiana University and later completed a second Bachelor of Arts in American Studies with a minor in African American History at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She went on to earn a Master’s degree in History from the same institution and completed her PhD in History at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her major fields of study include Borderlands and U.S. History, with a minor field in French Imperial History to 1789.
She is currently working on a manuscript under contract with LSU Press. Her research interests include Acadian identity, the Civil War and Reconstruction period, and historical structures of power.
Courses Taught:
- American History to 1877
- American History since 1877
- Reconstruction and the Gilded Age