S2E12 Amy Rutenberg - Iowa State University

Our guest today is Dr. Amy Rutenberg. Amy is an Associate Professor of History at Iowa State University and serves as the Coordinator for the Secondary Social Studies Education Program. Amy previously taught at Appalachian State University before making the move to Ames, but she started her teaching career with a five-year stint at Ardsley High School in New York. She earned a BA from Tufts University, an EdM at Harvard University, and her PhD from the University of Maryland at College Park. She brings a unique perspective to teaching and remains a champion of social studies education at the secondary level.

Amy is also an accomplished scholar. She is the author of Rough Draft: Cold War Military Manpower Policy and the Origins of Vietnam Era Draft Resistance (Cornell University Press) and is currently working on a project titled In the Service of Peace: Peace Activism and Military Service in Post-Vietnam War America. Her articles have appeared in Cold War History, The Journal of African-American History, the Atlantic, and the New York Times, and she has contributed essays to several edited volumes. Amy’s work has been funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the United States Army Military History Institute, the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, and the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, to name a few. She has given academic papers all over the country and frequently participates in workshops for secondary education teachers. Amy is a trustee of the Society for Military History. She recently became the secondary education editor at the University of Kansas Center for Military, War, and Society Studies’ Teaching Military History website.

Amy brings a passion for teaching and research and has much to say about the challenges facing history programs in higher education, the challenges academic couples face, Tom Petty, and, to Bill's delight, brisket! Join us for a very interesting chat with Amy Rutenberg!

Rec.: 08/26/2022