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Kirsten Fermaglich was featured on MSU Today about why she chose to teach American Jewish History. You can read the full article here: MSU Today

Tim Retzloff co-created a non-fiction comic book with Isabel Paul about the first Motor City Pride parade, held in 1972 in Detroit. You can read the full Lansing State Journal article here: “Free comic book preserves, celebrates history of Michigan’s first LGBTQ Pride march“.

Ethan Veenhuis and Clay Oppenhuizen are recipients of the 2022 Graduate Student Somers Award for Excellence in Teaching Award, granted by the IAH faculty advisory committee. Ethan created a positive classroom environment featuring well-structured class discussions and offering in-depth explanations of course materials. Students appreciated… Continue Reading Ethan Veenhuis & Clay Oppenhuizen 2022 Graduate Student Somers Award

Emeritus Professor Lewis Siegelbaum’s book Cars for Comrades: The Life of the Soviet Automobile (Cornell, 2008) was cited in CNN Business’ report on the withdrawal of Renault from Russian car production and the announcement by Sergei Sobyanin, mayor of Moscow, that the city would take… Continue Reading Lewis Siegelbaum cited in CNN Business

Eric Kesse is a PhD student in the Department of History, working with Professor Nwando Achebe.  We are delighted to announce that Eric has been awarded a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for 2022. The Institute for Citizens and Scholars (formally the Woodrow Wilson… Continue Reading Eric Kesse 2022 Newcombe Fellow