New York Times bestselling author, TR Scholar and award-winning professor Stacy Cordery, who has a doctorate in history, will be teaching United States Since 1877 this fall at Dickinson State University (DSU), and there is still time for those interested in learning from her to enroll in the class.
This class is the perfect opportunity for anyone interested in history, Theodore Roosevelt or Cordery’s work.
“History explains how the past shapes who we are today,” said the noted author. “This course provides a bird’s eye view of the United States from the end of the Civil War to the dawn of the 21st century. Discussions and lectures will illuminate profound political and economic shifts on many topics, and we will see how innovative farming, creative technologies, bigger businesses, global initiatives, cultural transformations, new Americans, and old divisions brought growth, conflict, and promise. Assignments will have a regional flavor, bringing students into contact with the Theodore Roosevelt Center, DSU yearbooks, and the lives of everyday North Dakotans.”
The course is beneficial for all students, not just history majors. “Survey courses like this one, by definition, provide a broad sweep of an historical era. They provide an exciting overview of and a context for topics students will encounter in other classes from every major,” stated Cordery.
The class is one of DSU’s general education courses, making the credits transferable for students attending other higher education institutions. It is also possible for people solely interested in taking a class taught by Cordery to either audit or enroll for credit in just this one class, which will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10-11:15 Mountain time.
Additionally, students can choose to attend in person or remotely via DSUlive™; they do not have to live in the immediate area to benefit from Cordery’s teaching.
The TR scholar has served in many roles in higher education, most recently as professor of history at Iowa State University. She has contributed her knowledge to the Theodore Roosevelt Association, Women and Gender Historians of the Midwest and the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, among others. She has appeared on various television shows, including those on the History Channel and Smithsonian Channel, as well as numerous radio shows and podcasts, including NPR. Cordery has also been a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Theodore Roosevelt Center at DSU, has spoken at several Theodore Roosevelt Symposia at the University and continues to consult in archival work of Roosevelt-related documents. Her published works include “Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts,” “Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker,” and “Theodore Roosevelt: In the Vanguard of the Modern,” among others.
Cordery will serve as the Dennis & Vaune Johnson Endowed Chair for Theodore Roosevelt Honors Leadership Studies—DSU’s first endowed chair—and as Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Honors Leadership Program.
For more information on and to register for Cordery’s class, call (701) 483-2175 or email dsu.hawk@dickinsonstate.edu.
