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Acting Dean, College of Humanities & Sciences
Associate Dean for General Education
Professor of History
Acting Dean, College of Humanities & Sciences
Associate Dean for General Education
Professor of History
PhD, History, University of Michigan (1994)
MA, Russian and East European Studies, University of Michigan (1989)
BA, International Studies, Emory University (1985)
Lindback Award for Teaching, Philadelphia University, 2004
President’s Distinguished Teaching Award, Philadelphia University, 2001
My research interests have evolved over the course of my career, moving from industrialization and the gender divisions of labor in the Stalin-era Soviet Union, to pedagogical research on peer review practices and curriculum development, to my current work on the role of equity and utopianism in sustainability thinking.
Curriculum development, sustainability education, sustainability, equity, sustainability theory, utopian thought, gender history, labor history, pedagogy, general education, electronic portfolios, active learning