News & Highlights

Professor Harvey Kaye talks about Thomas Paine

• Bill Moyers Journal (Jan. 18, 2008):
  "Time Again for Tom Paine?"
• Thom Hartmann's Air America Radio (Jan 29, 2008):
  http://www.airamerica.com/thomhartmannpage/

Kersten

Professor Andrew Kersten has been awarded the Founders Association Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2007.  The Award Committee cited Professor Kersten's rigor, experimentation, and willingness to take risks in his approaches to teaching as well as his consistently high course evaluations from students.  In addition, Professor Kersten created the Northeastern Wisconsin Teaching American History Program in 2002, a program he directed to improve teaching, learning, and student achievement in history.

 

New Book by Aldrete

Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome
by Gregroy S. Aldrete

Professor Aldrete's new book is the first book-length treatment of the impact of flooding on an ancient city.  Drwaing upon both ancient and modern sources, Aldrete examines how the Romans attempted to alleviate and even to prevent the floods of the Tiber and considers the social and cultural impact such floods had when they did happen.

 

 

New Book by Lockard

Societies, Networks, and Transitions: A Global History
by Craig Lockard

"Societies, Networks, and Transitions is a world history text that connects the different regions of the world through global themes. This innovative structure combines the accessibility of a regional approach with the rigor of comparative scholarship to show students world history in a truly global framework.  The text also features a strong focus on culture and religion [and] engages students with a unique approach to cultural artifacts such as music and art."

Aldrete

Professor Gregory Aldrete has been awarded the Founders Association Award for Excellence in Scholarship.  Aldrete has published five books and three chapters in anthologies in addition to numerous articles and reviews. He is only the second UW-Green Bay faculty member to receive a Humanities Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.  His research is a model of interdisciplinarity, with one work combining history, urban studies, political science, literature and philosophy.  This is Aldrete's second Founders award, having won the award for Excellence in Teaching in 2003.

Kaye

Professor Harvey J. Kaye has won a 2006 Outstanding Achievement award from the Wisconsin Library Association for his book Thomas Paine and the Promise of America.

 

 

 

 

 

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