Tag: Social Change and Development
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Social Change grad Coenen is honored in New Jersey
Many on campus know the name of historian Craig Coenen, a 1992 graduate in Social Change and Development who has returned twice to speak in the Historical Perspectives Lecture Series. (He is the author of a book on the growth of the early NFL and reasons the small-town Green Bay Packers have managed to survive,…
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Faculty notes: Draney, Kaye
Prof. Mike Draney of Natural and Applied Sciences is scheduled to lead the Winter Wonderland Hike on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 18, through the Baird Creek Parkway starting at Christa McAuliffe Park (3100 Sitka St.). Each month the Baird Creek Preservation Foundation hosts a guided hike along Baird Creek, co-sponsored by the Northeastern Wisconsin Chapter of…
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Dale on GOP leadership race
Wisconsin GOP chairman Reince Priebus, riding a high profile after his home state took a decided swing in November, has announced his intention to seek the national committee chairmanship post now held by Michael Steele. UW-Green Bay political scientist Timothy Dale of Social Change and Development shared insight with WUWM public radio in Milwaukee about…
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A Palin presidential run? Prof. Kaye thinks so
Prof. Harvey Kaye of Social Change and Development has been a frequent contributor of late to prominent political and public policy blogs. His latest column, “Palin Seeks FDR’s Endorsement,” was published this week in newdeal 2.0, the online publication of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, which Kaye serves as a “Braintruster.” Kaye reviewed Sarah…
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Faculty note: Prof. Kaye thankful and hopeful
UW-Green Bay Prof. Harvey Kaye (Social Change and Development) is one of more than a dozen people featured in a holiday season Huffington Post article titled, “What Leading Progressives are Thankful For.” Among the items mentioned by Kaye, “I am thankful that the Founding generation gave us the revolutionary Declaration, the Preamble to the Constitution,…
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For your amusement (or aggravation): Harvey Kaye’s reading-list ‘nightmare’
Prof. Harvey Kaye of Social Change and Development had some fun with a piece titled “A Dozen Books I Don’t Want to See on the Bestseller List in 2014.” It’s published in the latest issue of Dissent, which describes itself as a quarterly magazine of politics, culture and the left. His fantasy list entries are…
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Faculty note: Harvey Kaye
Prof. Harvey Kaye (Social Change and Development) has published an essay at the website New Deal 2.0, a project of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. Kaye takes aim at “The Right’s Rotten History” and argues that prominent entertainers/politicians including Glenn Beck, Jim DeMint, and Rick Perry continue to “hijack” history and paint misleading portraits…
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Faculty note: Andrew Kersten
Historian Andrew Kersten, professor of Social Change and Development, had a humorous title for his presentation Oct. 25 at the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Federation of Museums, held in Oshkosh at EAA. His talk, “I Profess!: My Career as a Troublemaker on Museum Boards” was part of a panel about what makes a good…
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Faculty note: Craig Lockard
An article by Prof. Emeritus Craig Lockard of Social Change and Development is scheduled to be featured in November in an Author’s Forum on the listserve H-World. The forum brings attention to articles published in the Journal of World History. Lockard is featured for his article: The Sea Common to All: Maritime Frontiers, Port Cities,…
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Faculty note: Dale is president-elect
At the Wisconsin Political Science Association conference and annual meeting on Oct. 15, Prof. Timothy Dale was elected president-elect for the organization. His duties will include organizing the 2011 conference as president-elect, and then serving as president for the 2012-2013 school year. He also presented his Teaching Scholars research project at the conference, titled “Clicking…