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A Word from the Associate Director
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We are looking forward to our third summer. As you can see from the course list, we will be offering 17 courses this summer. Six of these we are offering for the first time in the Master’s program: Political Parties; The Early Republic; The American Presidency: Washington to Lincoln; and America 1898-1945, as well as two text courses, one on Mark Twain and the other on Madison’s Notes from the Constitutional Convention. We have gone from four to five weeks to accommodate all the courses. Our student numbers continue to grow as well. A handful of our first students will be taking the research methods course over the next several months. They will be working on their theses or capstone projects in the coming year. We may have our first graduates in 2008. |
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This issue of the newsletter features one of our students, Chip Abolafia, whose experience teaching American history in the country’s extreme Northwest makes for an interesting story. It also introduces four more of our faculty, two old hands and two newcomers, as well as listing some recent publications by faculty. As you look over the course list and plan your summer, please let me know if you have any questions. |
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Spring 2007 edition
- MAHG Student Teaches in America's Last Frontier
Chip Abolafia travels from southwestern Alaska to study in the MAHG program at Ashland. In his fifth year as a social studies teacher at Bethel Regional High School, Abolafia teaches 8th grade world history, 11th grade US history and AP US history to a student body of whom about 80% are Native Alaskans of the Yupik ethnic group. Read More - About the James Madison Fellowship Program
The James Madison Fellowship program was created by Congress in 1986 in order to improve teaching about the American Constitution. For secondary school teachers of American history, it offers both financial aid for master’s work and a unique study opportunity. Read More - Getting to Know Our Faculty
Each issue of the newsletter highlights a few of the faculty who teach in the Master’s program. In this issue we feature Christopher Flannery, Jeff Sikkenga, David Raney, and Melanie Marlowe. Read More - Reading Ahead
- Research Methods Course Offered This Year
- Forthcoming Faculty Publications


