Michael Chiarappa serves as faculty affiliate/advisor to the men’s lacrosse program. He played lacrosse at Ursinus College, and previously served as faculty advisor for men’s lacrosse at Quinnipiac University.
Chiarappa received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and is Research Professor of Chesapeake Regional Studies and Director of Cultural and Natural Resource Initiatives at Washington College’s Center for the Environment and Society.
Prior to arriving at Washington College, Chiarappa was Professor of History at Quinnipiac University and a faculty member in History and Environmental Studies at Western Michigan University.
His research and teaching specialties focus on American environmental and cultural history, the history of America’s built environments and landscapes, American maritime history, and local/regional history, and he has worked on topics and public programming in the Middle Atlantic, New England, Chesapeake and Great Lakes regions, and in the Pacific Islands. He is currently co-editor of the Vernacular Architecture Forum’s journal, Buildings and Landscapes and serves on the Board of Governors of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
A graduate of the Munson Institute of American Maritime Studies and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, he has worked extensively with a variety of museums and government agencies, including the Smithsonian Institution and the National Park Service.
