1. My interests in teaching include the American history survey (an upper division core course) that features a distinctive and interactive style.  These surveys also include books written by Professor Winpenny, some in class writing, and the Tindall and Shi text. 

2. A course entitled American Economic History casts its focus primarily on the 19th and 20th centuries thereby subordinating the mercantile economy of the Colonial Era.  The emphasis is placed on the rise of industrial capitalism and the major business enterprises that surrounded it. 

3. Technology and values provides a student with a walk through American history with particular interest paid to technological change.  Like an Amish bishop, the student is encouraged to ask “How does the adoption of a new invention alter my values?” 

4. I also teach a course on the Gilded Age or Robber Baron era that focuses on bare knuckle industrial capitalism from the end of the Civil War through 1900. 

5. A course on 20th Century America emphasizes analysis.  Students are asked to weigh conflicting scholarly interpretations from leading journal articles.