History
History Faculty 2007-2008
Curriculum and Course Descriptions
Why Study History?
- History helps us understand present political, social, and economic conditions and problems.
- History helps us understand change and the world's diversity.
- History enriches our lives and improves critical skills needed for a successful career.
What Can You Do With a Major in History?
History is one of the liberal arts that historically has been defined as the arts suited for a free people, designed to encourage wisdom and virtue. Neither history nor any other major in the liberal arts prepares a student for a particular profession. Instead, you can do almost anything you want with a history major. The skills necessary for the study are highly practical and prized by graduate schools and employers. Recent Dominican history graduates have been accepted into graduate programs at the University of Chicago, University of Virginia, Stanford University, University College (London), Sonoma State University, San Francisco State University, California Western School of Law, and Syracuse University -- to name only a few. Below are some examples of career paths that history majors can pursue. This information comes from the American Historical Association web site at http://www.historians.org/search/ .
Historians as Educators
Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Post-secondary Education, Historic Sites and Museums
Historians as Researchers
Museums and Historical Organizations, Cultural Resources Management and Historic Preservation, Think Tanks
Historians as Communicators
Writers and Editors, Journalists, Documentary Editors, Producers of Multimedia Material
Historians as Information Managers
Archivists, Records Managers: Librarians, Information Managers
Historians as Advocates/Agents of Change
Lawyers and Paralegals, Litigation Support, Legislative Staff Work, Legal Foundations
Historians in Businesses and Associations
Historians in Corporations, Contract Historians, Historians and Nonprofit Research Foundations
Titles of Recent History Senior Theses
- The Effect of World War I on Carl Jung and Alfred Adler: Witnesses of War and Fathers of Psychology
- Rosie the Riveter vs Donna Reed: World War II Acted as a Catalyst for Change in American Women's Lives
- The Paradox of the Emancipation of Blacks in the Southern U.S.
- America's Secret Weapon on World War II: Navajo Code Talkers
- Emmeline Pankhurst: The Making of a Militant
- The Walt Disney Studio During World War II: How Donald Duck Fought for Democracy
- Charles Hamilton Houston: Indispensable Architect and Legal Strategist in the NAACP's Battle for Civil Rights
- A Study of the Inevitability of Japanese Internment Camps in the United States of America During World War II
- "Remember the Ladies:" How Abigail Adams and Edith Wilson Helped to Shape the Image of the American First Lady
- Whaling from Europe to San Francisco Bay (1750 - 1972)
Faculty and students at the induction of new members to the national history honor society, Phi Alpha Theta (Feb 2008)
Faculty
Martin Anderson, Assistant Professor, Director of Graduate Humanities
BA University of California, Berkeley; MA San Francisco State University; JD Hastings College of the Law, PhD Stanford University
Martin Anderson's Homepage
Cynthia Brown, Professor Emerita
BA Duke University; MAT, PhD Johns Hopkins University
Courtney Carmel-Elkin, Instructor
BA, ABD University of California, Los Angeles
Heidi Chretien, Adjunct Associate Professor
BA State University College, Buffalo; MA, PhD State University New York, Buffalo
Heidi Chretien's Homepage
Sr. Patricia Dougherty, O.P., Professor, Program Chair
BA Dominican College of San Rafael; MA, PhD Georgetown University
Sr. Patricia Dougherty's Homepage
Pamela Paulick, Instructor
BA, MA Dominican University of California
Lawrence Prud'homme, Instructor
BA University of California, Berkeley; MA, PhD University of California, Davis
Arthur Scott, Assistant Professor
BA La Salle College; MA Marquette University
Arthur Scott's Homepage
Cynthia Taylor, Instructor
BA, MA San Francisco State University; PhD Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
Bernard von Bothmer, Instructor
BA Brown University; MA Stanford University; PhD Indiana University
Contact Us
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Sr. Patricia Dougherty, O.P. Professor of History, Program Chair Phone: (415) 257-0154 |
