• Professor of History

EDUCATION
B.A., Manchester College
M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa

TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
“When I was 10 years old I walked down the creek behind my grandfather’s farm, turned over a rock, and caught a crayfish.  I recall holding the crayfish with both curiosity and wonder, and this has become my ideal for education.  Education works best when it arises from our natural curiosity about the world around us, and when it produces both knowledge and joy.”

• Phone: 620-242-0532
• Email: [email protected]

• Professor of History

EDUCATION
B.A., Skidmore College
M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
“For many of us (myself included) our experience with history classes before college consisted of memorizing names and dates. It was only years later that I discovered that no professional historian does this. My promise to my students is that I will never ask them to do something that I don’t do in my own work. History isn’t about names and dates, it’s the way to ask questions about the past and find the best answer. That’s what I want my students to learn.”

• Phone: 620-242-0534
• Email: [email protected]