Jeffrey Powell
Jeffrey Powell is a political ans social historian. He has taught Early American, Modern American, and Modern European history at both Wayne State University, Oakland University, and the College for Creative Studies. His dissertation research is focused on how patriotic commemorations during the American centennial worked to reshape the nation's historic memory. In addition to his teaching and research, Powell is a certified archival administrator and was one of the archivists who processed the Mike Gold and Mike Folsom papers at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
Education
- Ph.D. Candidate, History, Wayne State University
- M.A., History, Wayne State University, 2004
- Graduate Certificate in Archival Administration,
- B.A., History, University of Michigan - Dearborn, 2000
Selected publications
“The Pan-American Exhibition of 1901,” "Eugenics" and “Buck v. Bell” in Elizabeth Faue, ed., The Emergence of Modern America 1900-1928: The Encyclopedia of American History, Vol. 7 (New York: Facts on File, 2008).
"A Contested Past: The American Centennial and the Reshaping of American History," History Comes Alive Lecture Series, Oakland University, February 2008.
Review of Jeffrey D. Kleiman, Strike!: How the Furniture Workers Strike of 1911 Changed Grand Rapids (Ann Arbor, 2006), in The Michigan Historical Review 33:1 (Spring 2007).
"The Taftville Strike of 1875 and the Struggles of Labor at the Beginning of the Gilded Age," North American Labor History Conference, Detroit, October 2006.
"The American Centennial and the Transformation of American Patriotism," Dearborn Historical Museum Lecture Series, May 2005.
Courses taught by Jeffrey Powell
Winter Term 2025 (future)
- HIS2040 - American Foundations to 1877
- HIS1050 - History of the Headlines: United States Since World War II
Fall Term 2024 (current)
- HIS1050 - History of the Headlines: United States Since World War II
- HIS2040 - American Foundations to 1877
Spring-Summer Term 2024
Winter Term 2024
- HIS1050 - History of the Headlines: United States Since World War II
- HIS2050 - Modern America: Since 1877
Fall Term 2023
- HIS2050 - Modern America: Since 1877
- HIS1050 - History of the Headlines: United States Since World War II
Spring-Summer Term 2023
Winter Term 2023
Fall Term 2022
- HIS1050 - History of the Headlines: United States Since World War II
- HIS2050 - Modern America: Since 1877
Spring-Summer Term 2022
- HIS1050 - History of the Headlines: United States Since World War II
- HIS1300 - Europe and the World: 1500-1945