Emeriti Faculty

Margaret Andrews mwa-jlb@telus.net 604-688-6407 Margaret lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is busy with a range of volunteer work. In Vancouver she guides school tours as a docent at the Vancouver Art Gallery and tutors adult-education students. In October 2002 she volunteered in Rajgarh, a village in Himachal Pradesh, India. Official retirement photo from 1996.

Susan Armitage Sue lives in Pullman, where she is hard at work on several writing projects that she never got around to when she was teaching. Her e-mail remains armitage@wsu.edu.

LeRoy Ashby His essay, "The Church Committee's History and Relevance," was published this summer in Russell Miller (ed.), U. S. National Security, Intelligence and Democracy: From the Church Committee to the War on Terror (Routledge, 2008), and he is editing a special issue on "Popular Culture" for the Organization of American Historian's Magazine of History, which is scheduled for publication in April 2010. Ashby now resides at 174 S. Coeur d'Alene St - H303, Spokane, WA 99201. His e-mail address is still ashby@wsu.edu.

Edward Bennett embennet@wsunix.wsu.edu Edward completed his study of FDR and Anglo-American relations in the spring of 2002. Separated by a Common Language: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Anglo-American Relations, 1933–1939: The Roosevelt–Chamberlain Rivalry has been published by i Universe. Margery Bennett, who was research associate as well as editor on this as in Bennett's other books, claimed the reward of a trip on the Seine in October.

Fritz Blackwell blackwell.fw@centurytel.net Academic & Professional Interests Blackwell taught courses on South Asia and world history and was the former director of the Asia Program at Washington State University. Publications He is an associate editor for the Journal of South Asian Literature and has co-edited a volume of Indian poetry and a collection of American letters from East Pakistan. Blackwell has published numerous reviews and articles in Ariel, South Asia in Review, Asiaweek, Journal of South Asian Literature, and Indian Literature. His lastest book, India: A Global Studies Handbook, was published by ABC-CLIO, Inc. spring 2004. Official retirement photo from 2004.

O. Gene Clanton Gene welcomes correspondence with scholars and history students interested in his area of expertise. He remains active in retirement and continues to work with scholars and students throughout the country. O. Gene Clanton's Web site

David L. Coon Daivd retired from WSU spring 2008 after teaching at the university for 37 years. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana in 1972. David's areas of specialization were Early America, the American Revolution, and the history of American agriculture. Spring 2008, he won the College of Liberal Arts William F. Mullen Excellence in Teaching Award. That prize recognizes faculty members who exemplify excellence with an emphasis on involvement with students and student groups outside of the classroom. He won the university-wide Burlington Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Instruction in 1988. In addition, he also won and the Academic Advisor of the Year Award from Golden Key National Honor Society in 1987.

Edwin P. Garretson, Jr. Ed received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in Early Modern European History and Austrian History. He retired from in the spring of 2008 after teaching at WSU for 38 years. Ed is an active member of the Uniontown Community Development Association (Dahmen Artisan Barn project), the Palouse Scenic Byway Committee, the Pullman Chamber Lentil Festival Committee, and the Whitman County Historical Society. Local History has become his love as he works on editing the Historical Society journal, the Bunchgrass Historian, and organizing the materials, volunteers, and finding guides of the Historical Society archive in the Gladish Community Center. His e-mail remains epgjr@wsu.edu.

Thomas Kennedy kennedyt@wsunix.wsu.edu Tom recently has published an adapted translation of the memoirs of Ms. Zeng Baosun entitled Confucian Feminist: The Memoirs of Zeng Baosun (1893–1978) from the American Philosophical Association, Philadelphia, PA. He presented a paper on Ms. Zeng's life and philosophy at the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast conference of the Association for Asian Studies at Western Washington University in June 2002. Currently he is working on an annotated translation of Zhou Daguan's A Record of the Customs of Cambodia, written in 1293 and submitted to the Court of Khubilai Khan by China's first ambassador to the Khmer kingdom, in cooperation with the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. Official retirement photo from 2001.

John E. Kicza jekicza@wsu.edu Professor Kicza retired in 2009 after 29 years of teaching and administrative duties at Washington State University. He served as cochair of the Department of History from 2007–2009, interim chair from 2005–2007, and was an associate dean for the College of Liberal Arts from 2001–2005. He served on the graduate faculty of the American Studies Program (2000–2009) and is a former Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor. His field of expertise is Latin American history and early European overseas culture contacts.

Kathryn E. Meyer Kathy retired in May of 2008 after teaching for 19 years at Washington State University. She received her Ph.D. from WSU in 1992. Between 1989 and 2008, she taught a wide assortment of courses, including Roman Republican History, Women in the Ancient World, Food in World History, and World Civilizations. She was also the advisor of the WSU History Club, which she helped found. She lives with her husband, Doug, on a farm just outside of Pullman. They enjoy international and domestic travel. She is active in the Whitman County Historical Society, and she is currently working on several writing projects that she never managed to finish while she was teaching. Her e-mail address is klmeyer@gmail.com.

Roger Schlesinger (Professor) Mary Watrous-Schlesinger (Senior Instructor) schlesinger@starband.net Roger and Mary retired at the end of the 2006 spring semester. They are enjoying their new life and homes on the Hawaiian island of Molokaíi and at Port Angeles, Washington, with plans to visit various destinations around the world. Roger joined the department in 1968. During his 39 years of service, he taught Renaissance and Reformation, published 4 books, received several teaching awards, and served as chair of the department from 1993 to 2005. Mary came to WSU in 1984 to pursue a doctorate in Latin American history. After her career as a graduate student, she remained in the department as a senior instructor. She developed popular courses on the history of world trade and food, co-edited one book, and also received a number of teaching awards. Official retirement photo from 2006.

Robert Staab rstaab@wsu.edu Dr. Staab taught history courses primarily related to the Middle East and world civilizations until 2009. His interest in the Middle East started in 1965 when he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Turkey. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Utah in 1980, with a focus on Middle East studies, Turkish and Islamic history. His recent research interests focused on social and cultural 19th-century Istanbul.

David Stratton 509-335-9898 dstratton@wsu.edu Professor Stratton is busy in retirement teaching an occasional class at WSU and working on research for a book involving, as a case study, the influence of railroads and major highways on a western town. In 2002, at the College of Liberal Arts Awards Ceremony, he was awarded the Dean's Distinguished Contribution Award and a Certificate of Appreciation (in grateful acknowledgement of 40 years of dedicated service to Washington State University). His most recent contribution to the college was the publication of 2 booklets: The Liberal Arts at Washington State University and The Grand Old Lady: Albert W. Thompson Hall (Old Administration Building). He is the author of Tempest over Teapot Dome: The Story of Albert B. Fall (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998). Official retirement photo from 1993.