My interest in the U.S. is what you would expect in someone
trained in U.S. history (I have a Ph.D., am an associate professor). As
with many American historians, I am interested in making connections
beyond North America and in analyzing developments in American history in
a larger global context.
#17: From: Barney_Rickman <bjrickma@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu>
Dr. Barney J. Rickman III
Department of History
College of Arts & Sciences
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, Georgia 31698
Office Ph. (912) 333-7368 Fax: (912) 333-7389
email address: bjrickma@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu
Hi. My name is Barney J. Rickman III, although I usually go by
my nickname Jay. I completed my Ph.D. in 1990 at the Univ. of
Connecticut under the direction of Thomas G. Paterson. My
dissertation looked at American-Japanese diplomatic history from
the 1920s to the early 1950s, and I specifically explored the
ideas and actions of six American diplomats during this period
who tried to shape U.S. Policy toward Japan and East Asia. My study
was entitled "The Japan Connection: The Ideology of American
Cooperation with Japan, 1922-1952." Among the people I studied
were J. Grew, W. Castle, E. Dooman, & J. Ballantine.
In the fall of 1990, I also began teaching at Valdosta
State University in Georgia, USA. I was hired to replace two
people who had left with the result that I teach a large number
of courses in U.S. history as well as courses in Asian history.
Currently, I have 8 different upper-division courses, plus a
graduate seminar. I have a wide variety of interests in U.S.
history and in Asia history.
At VSU we teach a 15-hour course load on the quarter system; so
I have spent most of my efforts in the last few years at teaching;
besides the upper-division courses just mentioned, I also teach
the surveys of U.S. history and of World Civilization.
#18: From: D.F.J. Bosscher <BOSSCHER@let.rug.nl>
At the University of Groningen there is an American Studies Program
in which I participate. Inasmuch as an American Studies Program
automatically touches upon the question how all teaching in this
field should be organized and how it should be focused
I would like to be in touch with others who have similar interests.