I greatly enjoy my research, but like most historians I first came to love history in the classroom. Teaching not only lets me rekindle that love, but also helps me repay the debt I owe for having so many good teachers in my own past. I have been fortunate enough to teach in many different settings—four-year university, community college, and high school. For more information, download my Statement of Teaching. If you are interested in seeing syllabi for any of the below, please contact me.
Courses Taught or Assisted
American Studies
Economics and Personal Finance
Environmental History/Environment and History
Global Environment I/II
History of the Modern Middle East
History of the Peoples of Kansas
Humanities Capstone Research
Japanese History and Culture
Japanese Language I/II
Research in the Park
Revolution and Social Change in World History
Themes in Global History
Time Travel
United States Government/Civic Literacy
United States History to/from 1865/1877
Western Civilization II
World History and Geography (Pre-AP)
“To bring together the records of the past and to house them in buildings where they will be preserved for the use of men and women living in the future, a Nation must believe in three things. It must believe in the past. It must believe in the future. It must, above all, believe in the capacity of its own people so to learn from the past that they can gain in judgment in creating their own future.”
If you are looking for ideas for your syllabi or class schedules, please contact me. I have been helped a great deal over the course of my career by other scholars and teachers, and I would love to pay that forward.