Rate My Professor Aran MacKinnon

Aran MacKinnon is Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History and Geography at Georgia College & State University, a position he has held since 2012. In this capacity, he supervises twelve full-time tenured and tenure-eligible faculty, one full-time instructor, and one administrative assistant. He oversees two B.A. degree programs in history and geography, certificate programs in Global Foodways and GISc, and previously a graduate program in history. His responsibilities include managing the department budget, assessment, program development, staffing, and teaching world and African history. Key initiatives under his leadership include the development of digital humanities programs, a strategic Department Diversity and Inclusivity Action Plan, certificate programs in Global Foodways, GISc, and Sustainability, and a collaborative Foodways certificate. MacKinnon earned his Ph.D. in History from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London in August 1996, with a thesis titled 'Land, Labour, and Cattle: the Political Economy of Zululand, c. 1930-1950,' supervised by Prof. Shula Marks. He received his M.A. in History from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa in April 1991, with a thesis on 'The Impact of European Land Delimitations and Expropriations on Zululand, 1880-1920,' and his B.A. Honours in History from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada in May 1988.