Recent Scholarship
Education
Angulo, A. J., “The Initial Reception of mit, 1860s–1880s,” History of Higher Education Annual, 26 (2007), 1–28.
Bloomberg, Kristin Mapel, “Nineteenth-Century Methodists and Coeducation: The Case of Hamline University,” Methodist History, 47 (Oct. 2008), 48–62.
Cain, Timothy Reese, “For Education and Employment: The American Federation of Teachers and Academic Freedom, 1926–1941,” History of Higher Education Annual, 26 (2007), 67–102.
Cain, Victoria E. M., “From Specimens to Stereopticons: The Persistence of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences and the Emergence of Scientific Education, 1868–1910,” Annals of Iowa, 68 (Winter 2009), 1–36.
Cameron, Terri, “Illinois State University in Springfield, Illinois,” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, 101 (Summer 2008), 163–76.
Chancey, Laurie, “Voluntary Childlessness in Marriage and Family Textbooks, 1950–2000,” Journal of Family History, 34 (April 2009), 206–23.
Clifford, Deborah P., “‘A Lady Should Study, Not to Shine, but to Act’: The Education of Mary Catherine Winchester,” Vermont History, 77 (Winter–Spring 2009), 16–36.
Freed, John, “The Founding of Illinois State Normal University: Normal School or State University?,” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, 101 (Summer 2008), 106–26.
de Forest, Jennifer, “Conservatism Goes to College: The Role of Philanthropic Foundations in the Rise of Conservative Student Networks,” History of Higher Education Annual, 26 (2007), 103–27.
Jones, Ida, “Coming of the Race: Kelly Miller and Two Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Niagara Movement Era,” Afro-Americans in New York Life and History, 32 (July 2008), 51–64.
Leroux, Karen, “‘Unpensioned Veterans’: Women Teachers and the Politics of Public Service in the Late-Nineteenth-Century United States,” Journal of Women’s History, 21 (Spring 2009), 34–62.
Levesque, George, “Noah Porter Revisited,” History of Higher Education Annual, 26 (2007), 29–66.
Miller, Rebecca L., “Raised for Activism: Henrie Monteith and the Desegregation of the University of South Carolina,” South Carolina Historical Magazine, 109 (April 2008), 121–47.
Mink, Nicolaas, “Cooking in the Countryside: The Rural Reform of Taste and the Wisconsin Farmers’ Institute’s Cooking Schools,” Wisconsin Magazine of History, 92 (Winter 2008–2009), 2–13. Heavily illustrated.
Nawrotzki, Kristen D., “‘Greatly Changed for the Better’: Free Kindergartens as Transatlantic Reformance,” History of Education Quarterly, 49 (May 2009), 182–95.
Olneck, Michael R., “What Have Immigrants Wanted from American Schools? What Do They Want Now? Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigrants, Language, and American Schooling,” American Journal of Education, 115 (May 2009), 379–406.
Scott, David W., “The Transformation of Higher Education in the 1960s: Master Plans, Community Colleges, and Emerging Universities,” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, 101 (Summer 2008), 177–92.
Seniors, Paula Marie, “Cole and Johnson’s The Red Moon, 1908–1910: Reimagining African American and Native American Female Education at Hampton Institute,” Journal of African American History, 93 (Winter 2008), 21–35.
Stoddard, Christiana, “Why Did Education Become Publicly Funded? Evidence from the Nineteenth-Century Growth of Public Primary Schooling in the United States,” Journal of Economic History, 69 (March 2009), 172–201.
Tolley, Kim, “Joseph Gales and Education Reform in North Carolina, 1799–1841,” North Carolina Historical Review, 86 (Jan. 2009), 1–31.
Winger, Stewart, “High Priests of Nature: The Origins of Illinois State Normal ‘University’ in the Antebellum Lyceum,” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, 101 (Summer 2008), 127–62.
Alleman, Nathan F., “Faculty Ritual, Solidarity, and Cohesion: Thirty-five Years of Change at Eastern Mennonite University” (College of William and Mary, 2008). Order No. DA3319774.
Bale, Jeffrey, “When Arabic Is the ‘Target’ Language: National Security, Title VI, and Arabic Language Programs, 1958–1991” (Arizona State University, 2008). Order No. DA3318420.
Bontrager, Katherine Adams, “A Profile of Trustees: Characteristics, Roles, and Responsibilities of Trustees in Ohio’s Two Year College System” (Ohio University, 2008). Order No. DA3319033.
Bray, Paige M., “A Life History of Dr. Nettie Webb: Possibilities and Perspectives from a Life Committed to Education” (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2008). Order No. DA3315525.
Brewer, Curtis Anthony, “Interpreting the Policy Past: The Relationship between Education and Antipoverty Policy during the Carter Administration” (University of Texas, Austin, 2008). Order No. DA3312225.
Brooks, Mary Patrice, “The History of St. Joseph School and Challenges of Catholic Education in Oregon” (George Fox University, 2008). Order No. DA3318521.
David, Mark, “An Awkward Echo: Matthew Arnold and John Dewey” (University of Texas, Austin, 2008). Order No. DA3311467.
Duke, Robert Harold, “Bilingual Education, Federalism, and the Political Culture of American Public Education, 1964–1980” (Western Michigan University, 2008). Order No. DA3323521.
Fain, Thomas A., Jr., “The Contributions of Ashbel Smith to Education in Texas” (Texas A&M University, Commerce, 2008). Order No. DA3318634.
Gilliam-Smith, Rhonda, “Freedom Acts: A Historical Analysis of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee and Its Relationship to Theatre of the Oppressed” (Miami University, 2008). Order No. DA3323740.
Gonzalez, Darryl James, “The Children Who Ran for Congress and the School up on the Hill: An Oral-Institutional History of Capitol Page School, 1926–1983” (University of Maryland, College Park, 2008). Order No. DA3307857.
Helton, Julie A., “A Historical Analysis of Teacher Preparation Program Content Beginning with Teacher Normal Colleges in 1839 through School District Alternative Certification Programs in 2007” (University of Central Florida, 2008). Order No. DA3319245.
Hill, Marcia Reeser, “Prevalent Leadership Characteristics among Principals/Lead Teachers in Alternative Education Programs for At-Risk Youth” (Indiana State University, 2005). Order No. DA3318956.
Korenek, Cathy Jo, “Novice Teachers: The Impact of Mentoring” (East Carolina University, 2008). Order No. DA3318385.
Margesson, Robert J., “A Rhetorical History of Academic Freedom from 1900 to 2006” (University of Denver, 2008). Order No. DA3310944.
Masterson, Thomas Louis, “Workforce Diversity in California Community Colleges, 1988–2007” (Claremont Graduate University, 2008). Order No. DA3318532.
McInerney, Donna D., “The Education Legacy of James Bryant Conant” (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 2008). Order No. DA3319521.
Murray, Michael Lee, “The Story of Buncombe County Schools’ Change to a Middle School Concept” (Western Carolina University, 2008). Order No. DA3319372.
Shidemantle, Steven Paul, “Connecting the Role of School Superintendents to Teaching and Learning in Schools: A Research Synthesis of Three Educational Administration Peer Reviewed Research Journals between 1983–2006” (Texas A&M University, 2008). Order No. DA3321788.
Stixrud, Jora Beth, “An Analysis of U.S. Teacher Quality from 1960 until Today” (University of Chicago, 2008). Order No. DA3322648.
Ambrose, Stephen E., and Richard H. Immerman, Milton S. Eisenhower, Educational Statesman. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. xviii, 331 pp. Paper, $30.00, isbn 978-0-8018-9267-7.) Originally published in 1983.
Kimball, Bruce A., The Inception of Modern Professional Education: C. C. Langdell, 1826–1906. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009. xviii, 429 pp. $60.00, isbn 978-0-8078-3257-8.)
Owen, Barb, Making the Grade: Plucky Schoolmarms of Kittitas Country. (Pullman: Washington State University Press, 2008. xiv, 190 pp. Paper, $19.95, isbn 978-0-87422-299-9.)
Shiell, Timothy C., Campus Hate Speech on Trial. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2009. xiv, 256 pp. Cloth, $35.00, isbn 978-0-7006-1647-3. Paper, $16.95, isbn 978-0-7006-1648-0.) Expanded second edition.
Solberg, Winton U., Reforming Medical Education: The University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1880–1920. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009. xvi, 309 pp. $35.00, isbn 978-0-252-03359-9.)
Woyshner, Christine, The National pta, Race, and Civil Engagement, 1897–1970. (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2009. x, 277 pp. Cloth, $52.95, isbn 978-0-8142-0755-0. cd-rom, $9.95, isbn 978-0-8142-9190-0.)
Beckwith, David W., A New Day in the Delta: Inventing School Desegregation as You Go. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2009. 284 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-0-8173-1633-4.)
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