Mary Ann Wynkoop, Director, American Studies Program, Assistant Professor of History, (B.A. DePauw University, 1965; Master of International Affairs, Columbia University, 1968; M.A., University of Colorado, 1982; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1992). Post World War II American history.  Author of Dissent in the Heartland:  Indiana University in the 1960s,  Indiana University Press, 2002. Past President, Program Chair, Mid America American Studies Association. I have presented papers at the Peace History Conference, the American Film History Conference, the Organization of American Historians Conference, and the Women's Studies Association Conference. I teach courses on the 1960s, American Film, the civil rights movement, and multiculturalism.

I co-directed a National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop on the UMKC campus summer of 2008.  We hosted 100 teachers from throughout the nation for two week-long classes on the Kansas and Missouri Border Wars.  UMKC will host the NEH workshops again summer of 2010.