Tag: Social Change and Development
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World War I soldiers rediscovered, at UW-Green Bay
Social Change and Development Prof. Andrew Kersten recently wrote an article published in the Summer/Fall 2010 edition of Voyageur magazine. The article, which is featured on the front cover of the magazine, is titled “Rediscovering Brown County’s First World War Soldiers.” It details a project to digitize the records and stories of the Brown County…
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Lockard essay explores Bob Marley, political music
“Get Up, Stand U”: Bob Marley, Victor Jara, Fela Kuti, and Political Popular Music” is the title of an essay by historian and UW-Green Bay Prof. Emeritus Craig Lockard, Social Change and Development. The piece appears in the e-journal World History Connected. Lockard notes that he began his teaching career in 1969 at a time…
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Kaye addressing Door County Democrats, Sunday
UW-Green Bay Prof. Harvey Kaye, the author of Thomas Paine & the Promise of America, will be speaking Sunday (May 23) in Sturgeon Bay at a meeting of the Door County Democrats. The membership meeting and fundraiser will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Ladder House, 38 S. 3rd St. Sturgeon Bay.…
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Lockard reflects on Vietnam returns
As Green Bay prepares to host LZ Lambeau, this weekend’s welcome home celebration to honor Vietnam veterans, UW-Green Bay Prof. Emeritus Craig Lockard has offered his view why returning veterans of today’s military conflicts receive a warmer welcome home than their predecessors. In Tuesday’s (May 18) Green Bay Press-Gazette, Lockard tells reporter Scott Williams that…
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Nielsen to lead CATL book talk
Between 2 and 4 p.m. this Friday (May 7) in the Union’s 1965 Room, Prof. Kim Nielsen will lead a book discussion scheduled by CATL, the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning. Drop in any time to discuss Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom by bell hooks (2010). Nielsen, of Social Change and Development,…
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Faculty note: Kersten keynote
Historian Andrew Kersten, Frankenthal Professor of Social Change and Development, gave the keynote address at the Wisconsin Labor History Society on Saturday, April 17. He addressed the new state law that mandates the teaching of U.S. labor history in the public schools.
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Faculty note: Kaye speaks in Distinguished Lecture Series at Waukesha
If you’re in the vicinity of the UW-Waukesha campus tonight (Thursday, April 8), specifically the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre at 7 p.m., you’ll have a chance to see Prof. Harvey Kaye, Social Change and Development. Kaye was invited to present as part of Waukesha’s Distinguished Lecture Series. His lecture is titled “Thomas Paine and America’s Unfinished Revolution.”…
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Dalke publishes article on mustangs and public perceptions
UW-Green Bay Adjunct Instructor Karen Dalke of Social Change and Development has recently published an article in Humanimalia (DePauw University) that examines how public imaginings have driven management plans for wild horses (mustangs). Read article.
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New Pre-Law website is up and running
Assistant Prof. Tim Dale, Social Change and Development, reports that the UW-Green Bay Pre-Law website is up and running. Here’s a link.
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Prof. Dale’s new book examines popular culture and dissent
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Assistant Prof. Tim Dale, Social Change and Development, is co-editor of the just-released Homer Simpson Marches on Washington: Dissent through American Popular Culture, published by The University Press of Kentucky.