A Bit More About Your Professor
Education:
Richfield High School,
Richfield MN.
A southern residential suburb of
Augsburg
College, Minneapolis. B.A. History major.
Minors in French and English.
University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis.
Master's of Arts in History with concentrations in Urban Studies, Geography and
Sociology
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Ph.D. in Urban
Studies. (Urban history, sociology, geography and political science in one big
wacky package) My dissertation was on Downtown Redevelopment in Minneapolis and
Milwaukee. It was a best seller.
Certified in Thanatology: Death, Dying and Bereavement. Association for Death
Education and Counseling (ADEC)
Teaching Experience:
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. As an adjunct I taught courses in
sociology and history for about 5 years.
Milwaukee School of Engineering. As an adjunct I
taught upper division social science courses to the engineers for three years.
(The hardest working students I have ever had.)
Buena
Vista University.
While serving at IHCC detention-college, I taught
some upper division courses in sociology in the evening and helped establish a
sociology major at the Ottumwa extension. (I wonder if they still have one.)
University
of Northern Iowa.
I taught a couple of urban studies classes at UNI a while back.
Hawkeye
Community College.
I have been teaching here since Fall 1994. I have served as chair of the Curriculum
Coordinating Committee and the Transfer Degree Committee. I have been the
coordinator or department chair of social sciences since Spring 1996. I have
taught many courses: Death & Dying, American Civilization, US History,
Human Geography, Introduction to Sociology, Urban
Studies, Marriage and Family…
Research:
Research? Who has time for research? This is a community college, we teach
here. I have dabbled a bit into the
funeral industry especially its history.
I also have interest in censorship and the suppression of free
expression.
Interests and Stuff.
Family. I am married to a
wonderful Hawkeye psychology professor:
I've been a
runner for 30 years. Nothing fancy, no competition, no watches, just run
(unless it is below zero). I have always
loved to bike but where's the time to do that too?
Music. I was in a number
of garage and basement bands in junior/senior high through graduate school.
(Guitar, vocals, flute, sax) It is a good way to spend money and express
yourself. I don't play enough nowadays.
I still have 600+ record albums that I am slowly converting to digital.
I don't know how many CDs I have. My favorite music (if you care) is found on another web page.
Mr.
Fixit. I
enjoy (usually) fixing up my home. I'll
try to do almost anything once. This is the fourth house I have owned and
altered.
Sports.
Baseball is the only real sport. (Okay maybe it is the only one I
understand.) I grew up with the Twins
but they are hard to watch out of state. I watch my wife's Cubs lose too often
(especially when it really counts) and it is so depressing. (Are Cub fans
sadistic?)
Science Fiction. Space has always
been on my mind. Star Treks,
occasionally another good series comes along. (SciFi
network should be named the Horror channel)
I have loved Dr. Who, Farscape, Lord of the Rings, books, books,
books,
Outdoors. The garden, hikes,
the birds and critters…. (and environmental issues,
recycling etc.)
Some Web
Pages I find interesting.
http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/ Greenpeace.
Environmental rabble-rousers.
My
favorite magazine Utne. A Reader Digest for progressives
http://www.northernsun.com/ Expression on buttons, stickers, t-shirts.
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/
People For the
American Way
The Daily Show is a fun way to watch the news. Laugh and learn.