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Author Archives: Jonathan W. Wilson

Jonathan W. Wilson

Pessimism and Primary Sources in the Survey

Are we teaching pessimism in our history surveys?

May 21, 2019 in Jonathan W. Wilson.
Jonathan W. Wilson

Who Gets Historical Empathy?

Historical empathy can be a powerful tool for fighting hatred. But are we teaching it wrong?

March 19, 2019 in Jonathan W. Wilson.
Jonathan W. Wilson

We Need to Cover the Recent Past

Our students need to hear a historical perspective on the eighties, nineties, and aughts in order to understand the present moment in America.

January 15, 2019 in Jonathan W. Wilson.
Adjunct professor, University of Scranton and Marywood University

Why I’m Thankful I Teach in the Age of Trump

No, really.

November 20, 2018 in Jonathan W. Wilson.
Adjunct professor, University of Scranton and Marywood University

Making Course Evaluations More Useful

Student evaluations are part of life for college instructors. Is there any way to make them more useful, or at least to mitigate the harm they can do?

October 16, 2018 in Jonathan W. Wilson.
Adjunct professor, University of Scranton and Marywood University

The Value of a Methods-and-Approaches Week

It started almost on a whim, but it was the best thing I could have done. Students responded eagerly. They found it fascinating to talk about history as a process of investigation, to puzzle out strategies for telling truer and more creative stories about the past. And they used these concepts later.

September 18, 2018 in Jonathan W. Wilson.

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