This fall, I am teaching Hist. 205, “U.S. History from 1600 to 1865,” and Hist. 302, “Problems in American Thought” (on the new topic of wilderness).  My scheduled office hours are Tuesday and Thursday, from noon to 1:00, and Friday from 1:00 to 1:30. My office is located in Theatre Hall 377. No appointment is needed. For more information about these courses and my scholarly work, see the links to the right. (Feel free to email me at voelkerd@uwgb.edu with questions.)

Professor Clif Ganyard takes over History chair duties this fall.  If you need advising for the History major or minor, please contact him directly.

Best regards,

David Voelker

Associate Professor of Humanistic Studies and History

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Over the years, I have created quite a few handouts on reading and writing for my history students.  This year, I collected these documents into a Handbook for Writing Historical Essays, which I assign in my upper-level history courses.  The handbook is available for a few dollars (the cost of production) in the Phoenix Bookstore.  Students may also download a pdf version of the handbook by clicking here.  The handbook has been updated for the fall 2011 semester.

Here is the table of contents:

1. Preface: Why I Assign Essays in this Course

2. Reading Historical Scholarship

3. Reading Notes Template

4. Plagiarism and How To Avoid It

5. Using Evidence

6. Using Footnotes

7. Writing Rules

8. So What? How to Write With a Thesis

9. Beware of the Pseudo-Thesis

10. The Work of Topic Sentences

11. Writing with a Thesis: A Flowchart

12. Essay Rubric

Many of these handouts were posted separately on my online handout library; for the sake of simplicity of updating, I have removed the individual handouts in favor of supplying this collection.

Best,

DV