__________University of Missouri at Kansas City__________
AMERICAN STUDIES

 

About The Program

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main office

Haag Hall, Room 204
5120 Rockhill Road (northwest corner of 52nd & Rockhill)
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
Tel: (816) 235-1338
Fax: (816) 235-5539
 

 

faculty

Dr. Mary Ann Wynkoop

Program Director

wynkoopm@umkc.edu

 

Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Mary Ann Wynkoop graduated from DePauw University. She received graduate degrees from Columbia University and the University of Colorado as well as a Ph.D. from Indiana University. Her professional background includes positions at The Colorado College, Willamette University and currently as Director of American Studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is author of Dissent in the Heartland -- a history of Midwestern students during the 1960s -- published by Indiana University Press. She teaches classes on the 1960s, American film, the civil rights movement, women's history, and the culture wars. A determined but slow runner, she also practices yoga, tries to find an ocean beach at least once a year, and admits to being ruled by cats.

 

Dr. Janet Rose

Lecturer

rosej@umkc.edu

 

To achieve its interdisciplinary focus, the UMKC American Studies Program draws upon faculty from other academic units such as Communication Studies, English, History, School of Education, and Women's & Gender Studies Program.