Kevin Klimowski is a returning MA student Tell us about yourself. Where are you from? How did you get here? I came to Iowa State after teaching for Des Moines Public Schools for 29 years. I graduated in 1989 from Iowa State as a history major and an education minor. After teaching for twenty-seven … Continue reading MA Mondays Presents — Kevin Klimowski
Seth Hedquist graduated from Iowa State in 2015. Tell us about yourself. Where are you from? How did you end up at Iowa State? I live in Des Moines, IA, my hometown. When I was a kid, I could easily pass hours digging through boxes of old family photos in my mom’s basement, and … Continue reading MA Mondays Presents — Seth Hedquist
Aiden Daly is a first-semester MA student Tell us about yourself. Where are you from? How did you get here? I grew up in southern New York and then got my undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. I was interested in doing research on railroads and interregional connections and … Continue reading MA Mondays presents – Aiden Daly
Dwain Coleman graduated from ISU’s MA program in 2016 and is pursuing a PhD in History at the University of Iowa. Tell us about yourself. Where are you from? How did you end up at Iowa State? I am originally from Las Vegas, NV. I received my undergraduate degree from UNLV and was a history … Continue reading MA Mondays presents – Dwain Coleman
Edie Hunter is a full-time, university employee as well as an MA student. Tell us about yourself. Where are you from? How did you get here? I’m not really “from” anywhere – we moved many times when I was a kid, so I can say I’m a Hoosier by birth but lived in So Flo … Continue reading MA Mondays presents – Edie Hunter
Josiah Pollock is a second-semester MA student. Tell us about yourself. Where are you from? How did you get here? I am from the rainy western portion of Washington State, 45 minutes south of Seattle–if traffic did not exist. Since high school I wanted to study agricultural history and tailored my undergrad at the University … Continue reading MA Mondays presents – Josiah Pollock
The History of Iowa begins with the Sauk, Fox and Ioway, and concludes with the crises of the 1980s. In between, we see how prominent and ordinary Iowans have influenced the Hawkeye state and how white settlement transformed it. By examining political, economic and social history, we come to understand how its citizens struggled to … Continue reading The History of Iowa, HIST 370, Section W5