Melanie Perreault

Melanie Lynn Perreault was born in Baltimore on August 2, 1968.^[1] She earned a B.A., magna cum laude, in history from Lawrence University in 1990.^[2] She was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.^[1] Perreault earned a Ph.D. in colonial American history from the College of William & Mary in 1997.^[2] Her dissertation was titled, First contact: Early English encounters with natives of Russia, West Africa, and the Americas, 1530-1614.^[1] James Axtell served as Perreault's doctoral advisor.^[1]

She taught at College of William & Mary and Virginia Wesleyan College.^[1] In August 1997, Perreault joined University of Central Arkansas as an assistant professor of history.^[2][1] She later joined the faculty at Salisbury University where she served as a department chair and was promoted to professor of history and associate provost.^[2] She served as provost of the Buffalo State University.^[2]

In February 2019, Perreault joined Towson University as provost and executive vice president for academic and student affairs.^[3] In December 2022, Perreault was named as the interim president, succeeding Kim Schatzel.^[4][5] She assumed the role on February 1, 2023.^[4] She was succeeded by Mark R. Ginsberg on October 29, 2023.

• Meyers, Debra; Perreault, Melanie, eds. (2006). Colonial Chesapeake: New Perspectives. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-1092-8.
• Meyers, Debra; Perreault, Melanie, eds. (2014). Order and Civility in the Early Modern Chesapeake. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-8975-7.