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Cristina Mehrtens

faculty

Cristina Mehrtens

Professor

History

Contact

508-999-8303

508-999-8809

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Balsam Hall 9177

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

Freshman seminar focused on helping students in their second semester develop skills related to academic and personal success.  Designated for students who have successfully completed their University Studies 1E requirement but are at risk for academic probation.

Continuation of World Civilization; the study of World Civilizations from 1400 to the present.

Continuation of World Civilization; the study of World Civilizations from 1400 to the present.

A requirement for all History majors and minors, this course introduces students to the skills necessary for effective historical study: understanding and analyzing primary and secondary sources; critical thinking; library and research strategies; and historical writing. This course is a prerequisite for all history seminars beginning in 2006-2007, so students should take this course early in their careers.

Exploration of the lives of ordinary women and men in relation to their place in global history. Examines what particular constructions of gender tell us about those societies and our own. The main strategy focuses on biography as a tool weaving through gender, class, race, and ethnicity in particular historical periods.

Emphasis on the period since independence in 1822. Topics include the empire and slavery, coffee, European immigration, the republic, race and class, foreign economic and ideological influences, and Brazil in the 1980s.

Exploration of the lives of ordinary women and men in relation to their place in global history. Examines what particular constructions of gender tell us about those societies and our own. The main strategy focuses on biography as a tool weaving through gender, class, race, and ethnicity in particular historical periods.

Emphasis on the period since independence in 1822. Topics include the empire and slavery, coffee, European immigration, the republic, race and class, foreign economic and ideological influences, and Brazil in the 1980s.

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

Continuation of World Civilization; the study of World Civilizations from 1400 to the present.
Register for this course.

Emphasis on the period since independence in 1822. Topics include the empire and slavery, coffee, European immigration, the republic, race and class, foreign economic and ideological influences, and Brazil in the 1980s.
Register for this course.

Emphasis on the period since independence in 1822. Topics include the empire and slavery, coffee, European immigration, the republic, race and class, foreign economic and ideological influences, and Brazil in the 1980s.
Register for this course.