Background

John McCannon was born on June 3, 1967, in Marquette, Michigan, United States. He is a son of John McCannon and Jan (Green) McCannon.

Education

In 1989, John graduated summa cum laude from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Later, in 1991, he attained a Master of Arts degree from the University of Chicago. In 1994, McCannon received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the same university.

Career

In 1988, John was appointed a specialist in Slavic studies at the International Law Library at Yale University, a post he held till 1989. In 1993, he worked as a teaching fellow at the University of Chicago. Between 1994-1996, McCannon held a post of an assistant professor of history at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

During the period from 1996 till 1999, John served as an assistant professor of history at Norwich University in Northfield. During that period, he also was a coordinator of Peace, War, and Diplomacy Program. In 1999, he was appointed an assistant professor of history at Long Island University.

During his lifetime, McCannon also acted as a lecturer at presentations by academic groups and institutions. Moreover, he served as a project consultant for "Stalin's Arctic Catastrophe: The Cheliuskin Expedition of 1934", a Discovery Channel documentary.

Also, John is a staff member of Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee, Teacher Licensure Committee, both at Norwich University; Computer Utilization Committee, Curriculum Committee, both at University of Louisiana at Monroe and Graduate Student Placement Committee at the University of Chicago.

Now, John holds a post of a Professor of History at the University of Saskatchewan.

Achievements

• John McCannon is a well-known historian, educator and author. He gained prominence for his work "Red Arctic: Polar Exploration and the Myth of the North in the Soviet Union, 1932-1939".
  
  He received several awards, including University of Saskatchewan Student’s Union Teaching Excellence Award in 2003, College of Arts and Science Teaching Excellence Award in 2005 and others.

Works

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  • How to Prepare for the AP World History

    (The book's subject review divides world history into the ...)

    2006
  • Red Arctic: Polar Exploration and the Myth of the North in the Soviet Union, 1932-1939

    (A work of refreshing originality and vivid appeal, "Red A...)

    1998
  • A History of the Arctic: Nature, Exploration and Exploitation

    (This work provides its readers with a far-reaching overvi...)

    2012
  • Barron's AP World History

    (This work provides in-depth review and practice to help s...)

    2018
  • Barron's AP World History

    (Sixth edition.)

    2014

Membership

• fellow

  Mellon Foundation , United States

  1993 - 1994

Connections

John married Pamela Jordan, a political scientist in July, 1995.

Father:

John McCannon

Mother:

Jan (Green) McCannon

Wife:

Pamela Jordan