Category: Teaching
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Fall 2017 Book Orders
Below are the required texts for my courses for the upcoming semester. For students, please note that these texts will be on reserve at Whittemore Library, and that I do not permit the use of electronic editions. HIST 120 American Lives Melba Pattillo Beals, Warriors Don’t Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little…
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HSTA 306: Response to Baptist
For historians, a book review is an opportunity both to assess the quality of a historical work and to place the author’s argument in conversation with other scholarship. At its best, therefore, a quality review synthesizes the arguments of the historian, assesses the quality of the research, and comprehends the historiographic significance of the work. It is…
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Focusing While Commuting
Having a conference within commuting distance is a good time to reflect on how students manage commuting during the semester.
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Public Education and Private Access
Is it better to have loved and lost (a research database) than never to have had access at all?
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What If My Voice Doesn’t Matter?
Participating in a university-wide teach-in on the Black Lives Matter movement has made me rethink how to approach national issues in a college setting.
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Over-Identification and the History of the Present
Historians frequently identify with their subjects, but that gets complicated when the subject is in the same age cohort as the historian. I explore what that means based on reading a recent memoir.
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Perfectly Practical Tips for Using Twitter
Are you a Twitter beginner? Liz Covart and I offer some tips on how to write a good tweet.
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Accessing the Early American Imprints Database
A basic guide to using the Early American Imprints database.
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Fall 2015 Courses
The new semester promises to be exciting with one brand-new general education course and an old favorite I haven’t taught in a long time.
Joseph M. Adelman 