Kathleen Mapes has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 2000.
Professor Mapes is a scholar of U.S. labor history.
Office Hours (Spring 2020)
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Publications
Sweet Tyranny: Migrant Labor, Industrial Agriculture, and Imperial Politics
More About Me
Research Interests
Twentieth Century
U.S.
Labor and Immigration
Rural history
Awards and Honors
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Richard L. Wentworth/Illinois Award in American History, 2010 for Sweet Tyranny
Classes
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HIST 250: Work and Workers in America
This course will explore the history of work, workers, and workers' movements in America from the era of the Colonial Era to the present, with special attention to the unique aspects of race, ethnicity, and gender that shaped the American working class.
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HIST 302: Topic: 20th Cent Rural America
This is one of two required skills-based seminars in the History major that form prerequisites for upper level classes. This course is focused on critical analysis of historical evidence and instruction in historical research methods and writing. Students read, evaluate, and critique a range of different types of primary source evidence, practice locating and retrieving reliable primary and secondary sources, and use these skills to support the crafting of historical arguments in both short papers and longer research projects. All sections will focus on a specific set of historical issues and/or events chosen by the instructor and class content emphasizes work with primary sources specific to the seminar topic. This class is reading and writing intensive.
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HIST 304: Teaching: US History
This is a skills-based course for History/Adolescent Education students. In the course, students and faculty will engage in critical discussions regarding grand historical narratives and overviews with the intention of decentering the traditional, simplified “arc” of history that leaves too many crucial issues either unexamined or hidden. In addition to reading secondary source historical works that will help students to think about ways to reframe conventional historical narrative, the course will devote significant time to identifying, locating and analyzing relevant primary sources that they will then be able to incorporate in their future classrooms. Students will work collectively by participating in thoughtful discussions and debates, sharing secondary sources and primary materials, and giving formal presentations. Finally, students will be expected to reflect critically on the value of historical thinking and knowledge in the context of secondary education. This course may be focused on U.S. or global history. Prerequisites: Junior standing or higher.