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I teach undergraduate and masters history courses at Hunter College, and work in various capacities with doctoral students at the CUNY Graduate Center.

At Hunter College my teaching deals with modern European history generally, and more specifically the history of Germany and Britain in the 20th century. Special subjects include Nazi Germany, the city of Berlin, and the career of Winston Churchill. I regularly do a section of the “History Practicum” on research and writing skills, and I am always trying to work new courses into my rotation. I have supervised a number of MA theses on various subjects, and also often work with undergraduates on supervised research projects (history 300 and 400) and with both undergraduates and MA students on independent study projects. Details of my regular rotation of classes appear below.

At the CUNY Graduate Center I have taught a few different courses (particulars also appear below) and serve as a dissertation advisor to several students. I regularly work with students to prepare oral exam fields (warning: I will do my best to make you work hard – and whatever else, you will come out knowing why Stalingrad was important, and you will not confuse it, as so many do, with Leningrad). At the GC as well I also regularly work with students on independent study projects.

Regular Courses:

Hunter College, Undergraduate:

History 122: Europe Since 1815
History 250.07: Europe in the Age of Total War, 1900-1963
History 290: History Practicum
History 341.03: Berlin: Capital of the 20th Century
History 346: Churchill’s Britain
History 336: Germany Since 1914
History 382.26: Sex, Death and Memory in 20th Century Europe
History 384.61: Hitler’s Germany 1919-1945

Hunter College, Masters:

History 774.50: Hitler’s Germany 1919-1945
History 774.85: Problems in Modern European History

CUNY Graduate Center:

History 71600: Modern Germany
History 8020: Literature of Modern Europe
History 80900: First Year Seminar