Faculty
Laura
M. Westhoff, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History and Education
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
- B.A. History, Northwestern University, 1988
- M.A. History, Washington University, 1993
- Ph.D. History, Washington University, 1999
Fields of interest:
- Progressive Era; Democracy and Social Reform, Women's History, History Education
Major publications:
- A Fatal Drifting Apart: Democratic Social Knowledge and Chicago Reform (Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2007)
- "Lost in Translation: Using Primary Sources in the Classroom" in Teaching American History: Lessons for Historians and Educators, edited by Rachel Ragland and Kelly Woestman (New York: routledge, 2009)
- "Gender and the Exclusionary Politics of Social Knowledge: Men and Women in the Civic Federation of Chicago," Women's History Review, v. 18, issue February 2009 23-44
- "Developing preservice teachers' pedagogical content knowledge about historical Thinking" International Journal of Social Education, Volume 22, Number 2 March 2008
- " The Popularization of Knowledge: John Dewey on Experst and American Democracy," History of Education Quarterly 35 (Spring 1995): 27-47
A native St. Louisan, Dr. Westhoff, joined the University of Missouri-St. Louis faculty in 1999 and is jointly appointed in the History Department and the Division of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education. She has served as co-author and lead historyian on several Teaching American History grants. She is on the editorial board for the Women and Social Movements website and the Magazine of History published by the Organization of American Hisotrians and is a frequent presenter at history workshops and colloquia for teachers. Her current researcg ficyses ib nud-twentieth grassroots devocracy and is tentatively titled, "Educating for Activism." She lives in St. Louis with her husband and three sones. She enjoys espresso, knitting, traveling, Cardinals baseball, and time with her family and friends.
To contact Dr. Westhoff please use the following email Westhoffl@msx.umsl.edu