Dr. Stephen Cole

Assistant Professor of History and Political Science

Office location:	Ralston Hall 303
Office hours:	Monday, 3:30-4:30; Friday, 11:00-12:00; and by appointment
Phone number:	(650) 508-3548
Fax:	(650) 508-3682
Email:	scole@ndnu.edu
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Stephen Cole was born and grew up in Norwich, England.  He is a graduate of the Universities of Sussex and Durham in England and was an English-Speaking Union fellow at Indiana University, where he received a Ph.D. in American history.  He has taught full-time in the department since 2003.  Before coming to NDNU he was the associate editor (1991-98) of the Emma Goldman Papers Project at the University of California, Berkeley, and taught at the University of San Francisco.  He is currently the book review editor of Peace Review, a quarterly journal of peace studies, and engaged in two long-term projects – an article-length study of physicist Frank Oppenheimer and the founding of San Francisco’s Exploratorium; and researching a biography of Margaret Anderson, editor of the pioneering modernist journal, the Little Review.  He’s also perpetually, even rashly optimistic about the fortunes of his beloved Norwich City Football Club.

Education History

• Ph.D., History, Indiana University, Bloomington
• M.A., History, Indiana University, Bloomington
• Postgraduate Certificate of Education, University of Durham, England
• B.A. (Hons.), History and American Studies, University of Sussex, England

Courses Taught

• Human Heritage I and II
• American History, 1607-1877
• American History, 1877-present
• History of California
• Modern Times
• Europe since World War II
• History and Politics in Film
• World History
• Introduction to American Government
• Introduction to Comparative Government
• International Relations

Research and Interests

• An article-length study of physicist Frank Oppenheimer and the founding of San Francisco’s Exploratorium; and a biography of Margaret Anderson, editor of the pioneering Modernist periodical, The Little Review.

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Publications (partial)

• “Mary Van Kleeck,” Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working Class History, 3 vols., ed. Eric Arnesen (New York: Routledge, 2006).
• Coauthor, With Speech as My Weapon: Emma Goldman and the First Amendment, A Unit of Study for Grades 8-12 (Los Angeles: National Center for History in the Schools, UCLA, 1997).
• Coeditor, Emma Goldman: A Guide to Her Life and Documentary Sources (Alexandria, Va.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1995).
• Book and Film Reviews (partial list)
• Jumping the Line: The Adventures and Misadventures of an American Radical, by William Herrick, Anarchist Studies (forthcoming).
• Disarming Manhood: Roots of Ethical Resistance, by David A. J. Richards, Peace Review 17 (Jan.-March 2005): 121-23.
• The Internationale, produced and directed by Peter Miller, American Historical Review 107 (Oct. 2002): 1336.
• Review Essay: “Makhaliphile – Dauntless One”; Trevor Huddleston: A Life, by Robin Denniston, Peace Review 14 (Sept. 2002): 361-64.
• Cradle Will Rock, directed by Tim Robbins, American Historical Review 105 (Oct. 2000): 1440-41.
• All-American Anarchist: Joseph A. Labadie and the Labor Movement, by Carlotta R. Anderson, Anarchist Studies 8 (March 2000): 85-86.
• Anarchist Voices: An Oral History of Anarchism in America, by Paul Avrich, Anarchist Studies 5 (Autumn 1997): 182-83.
• Land and Freedom, directed by Ken Loach, American Historical Review 101 (Oct. 1996): 1152-54.