The Great Migration(s), co-taught with Ashley Howard, examines the African American migration to Iowa and the Midwest, community formation, and the white response. This course was developed as part of a three-year grant from the Mellon Foundation, in part devoted to student-engaged research on the African American experience in Iowa.
History of American Inequality examines the growth in economic inequality across the last century, and its roots in public policy.
Pandemic Politics traces the history of social and policy responses to crisis, disaster, and public health challenges in the United States--from the 1918 flu epidemic to the COVID pandemic.
This is an introduction to historical methods. Recent iterations of this class have involved students in researching racial restrictions in Iowa counties.