Wilson J. Warren

Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1992
History Education; 20th Century United States; U.S. Labor

Office: 4430 Friedmann Hall
E-mail: wilson.warren@wmich.edu
Phone: (269) 387-4644
Webpage: http://homepages.wmich.edu/~wwarren/

Teaching / Research

I regularly teach the required capstone methods course for students pursuing secondary education certification: HIST4940: Teaching Methods for Secondary Schools. I also regularly teach HIST4370: American Working Class History. My teaching and research interests include both history education and American labor history. I am on leave in 2008-2009, and will teach as a Fulbright lecturer in the Graduate School of American Studies at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan.

Grants

Since 2004, I have directed three Teaching American History grant projects involving elementary, middle, and high school teachers from southwestern Michigan. A total of eight faculty members from WMU’s History Department have served as Summer Institute instructors in the three projects.

Publications

Recent Books:

History Education 101: The Past, Present and Future of Teacher Preparation, with Dean Cantu. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2008.

Tied to the Great Packing Machine: The Midwest and Meatpacking. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 2007. The State Historical Society of Iowa selected this book for the Benjamin F. Shambaugh Award as the most significant book published on Iowa history in 2007.

Teaching History in the Digital Classroom, with Dean Cantu. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2003.

Struggling with "Iowa's Pride": Labor Relations, Unionism, and Politics in the Rural Midwest since 1877. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 2000.

Recent Articles / Book Chapters:

“Closing the Distance Between Authentic History Pedagogy and Everyday Classroom Practice,” History Teacher 40(February 2007): 249-255.

“Meatpacking in Illinois History,” Illinois History Teacher 13(Fall 2006): 36-39.

"Improving Critical Thinking Skills in the United States Survey Course: An Activity for Teaching the Vietnam War," with David Memory and Kevin Bolinger. History Teacher 37 (February 2004): 193-209.

"Accommodating Weak Readers in History Research Projects: Using Varied Types of Sources," with David M. Memory. Social Studies 92 (July/August 2001): 161-166.