Leaders in the History of American Education: Autobiographical Essays

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session is based on a volume of twenty-six autobiographpical essays by leading scholars in the history of American education. Three of the twenty-six contributors will participate in the session, including the editor of the volume, who is also a contributor. The editor will chair and introduce the session, discussing the genesis of the volume and his own contribution briefly. Two of the contributors to the volume will discuss the preparation and content of their essays. Three discussants, a senior Canadian educational historian, a senior American educational historian who is not a contributor, and noted higher education scholar versed in autobiography and life history, wil respond to the presentation.

Sub Unit

• Division F - Historical Inquiry in Education

Cosponsor

• SIG-Biographical and Documentary Research

Chair

• Wayne J. Urban, The University of Alabama

Papers

• Leaders in the History of American Education: A Brief Introduction - Wayne J. Urban, The University of Alabama

• From the Wabash to the Hudson to the Charles - Patricia Albjerg Graham, Harvard University

• Seeking a Social and Urban History of Education - John L. Rury, The University of Kansas

Discussants

• Kathleen A. Murphey, Indiana University - Purdue University at Fort Wayne

• William G. Tierney, University of Southern California

• Alison Prentice, University of Victoria