| After graduating with
a Ph.D. in history from the University of Connecticut in 1974, Dr. Boucher
started at UAH in 1974. In 1996, he was honored by receiving the first Distinguished University Professorship in the College of Liberal
Arts. An atmosphere in the History Department supportive of good
teaching and effective research was instrumental in that achievement, and
the department encourages such excellence in its students.
Other achievements to mention would include
the presidency of the French Colonial Historical Society, holding office
in the Southern Historical Association and the Forum on European Expansion
and Global Interchange, receiving fellowships from the National Endowment
for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, the
American Philosophical Society, the John Carter Brown Library, among
others.
He has published a dozen scholarly articles
and three books. Of these, the most well known is Cannibal
Encounters: Europeans and Island Caribs, 1492-1763 (Baltimore:
The John Hopkins University Press, 1992).
He is married to Mary Alice Boucher, a social
studies teacher at Grissom High School, and they have three children and
one new, beloved grandchild, Henry. He enjoys travel, especially to
Europe with France and Italy, his favorite destinations. At home,
hiking occupies some weekend time.
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