William Reese
Carl F. Kaestle WARF Professor of Educational Policy Studies and History

eMail: wjreese@wisc.edu
Phone: (608)263-2319 & 262-1760 (messages)
Office: 4120 Mosse Humanities & 215 Education Building
Mailbox: 4010 Mosse Humanities

Curriculum Vitae: View PDF

Office Hours: Tuesdays 12:00 - 2:00 or by appointment (all office hours held in Rm 215 Education)

Education: PhD: University of Wisconsin-Madison ; MA: Bowling Green State University; BA: Wilkes College

Bio Sketch:

My specialization is Educational Policy Studies. I teach undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of American and European education and on an array of reform movements in American history.

Selected Publications:

• Rethinking the History of American Education (co-editor) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)
• History, Education, and the Schools (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)
• America's Public Schools: From the Common School to 'No Child Left Behind’ (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005)
• Power and the Promise of School Reform: Grassroots Movements During the Progressive Era (Rev. edition, 2002, Teachers College Press; originally published 1986)
• Hoosier Schools: Past and Present (editor) (Indiana University Press, 1998)
• The Origins of the American High School (Yale University Press, 1995)
• The Social History of American Education (The University of Illinois Press, 1988)
  

Honors and Awards:

• Member, National Academy of Education
• Named WARF Professor, 2007

Courses Taught:

Lecture Courses:

• History 412 - History of American Education - Syllabus 2008 (pdf)
• History 478 - Comparative History of Childhood and Adolescence - Syllabus 2007 (pdf)

Graduate Courses:

• History 906 - Pro-seminar in History of Education - Syllabus 2008 (pdf)
• History 940 - Seminar in American History 1900-1945 - Syllabus 2008 (pdf)