Professor McLaird is currently completing a book on Calamity Jane. Ph.D. Texas Tech University, 1999. World, Africa, Asia, American Foreign Policy. Professor Flynn is currently conducting research for a book on POW experiences in the Korean War. The study of United States history from the colonial period to the present.
Special emphasis is given to problem-solving techniques utilizing historical case studies.
I covers the time period to approximately 1865 and U.S. History II covers the time period since approximately 1865. A discussion of the European contribution to the foundations of society in the United States, of Native American cultures and their relationships to European colonists, of the causes for discontent among the colonists and the ensuing war for independence, and of the development of the Constitution. The study of United States history from 1900 to the present with emphasis on the impact of industrial growth, reform movements, international conflict and global change. An examination of the roles of women in American society from its founding to the present. This course is designed to enrich and expand the student s knowledge of United States history by focusing on the lives of ordinary as well as famous women.