NMC
Welcome! I am Nathan Corzine, a historian, teacher, sports fan, parent, and average, everyday, guy. I am a doctoral candidate at Purdue University where I study 20th Century U.S. History, and am also an adjunct instructor at Indiana University-Kokomo and Ivy Tech Community College. I am currently working on a book/dissertation that explores the history of drug and alcohol abuse in Major League Baseball, tracing the evolution of the “last pure place” as it was transformed into the modern American game.
I’ve published an article (on gender and beer advertising) in the Journal of Social History and I have authored a number of short essays for encyclopedias of African American Biography, North American Sports, and Film & Culture.
It is said that he who teaches learns twice. I think it is good to always be learning. I enjoy taking my passion for history and my self-deprecating, Midwestern, wit into the classroom where I play the parts of multimedia maestro, storyteller, and analyst. The performances may not always be brilliant, but I never fail to enjoy trying to master the subtle art and craft of being a teacher.
When it comes to really important matters (read: “sports!”) I’m an avid baseball and soccer fan, a St. Louis Cardinals loyalist from birth and one of the legion of F.C. Barcelona supporters around the world. Almost always a sucker for a lost cause, good upbringing saved me from becoming a Chicago Cubs fan. It did not, alas, stop me from giving my heart to Newcastle United F.C. and collecting a closet full of tear-stained black & white shirts.
In my spare time I enjoy movies, music, classic animation, old comic strips, cold beer, Buffalo wings, humorous essays, getting caught in the rain, and piña coladas.
I live in Indiana with my wife, daughter, a dog named Boston and a gluttonous feline known, oddly enough, as Pixie.
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