William Reese
Position title: Carl F. Kaestle WARF and Vilas Research Professor of Educational Policy Studies and History
Email: wjreese@wisc.edu
Phone: 608.263.2319 | 608.262.1760 (messages)
Address:
Office: 5102 Mosse Humanities & 215 Education Building
Mailbox: 5007 Mosse Humanities
Curriculum Vitae (pdf) | Website
Office Hours: TBA
Joint Appointment: Educational Policy Studies
Biography
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.
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A., Bowling Green State University
B.A., Wilkes College
Books
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William Reese. Testing Wars in the Public Schools: A Forgotten History. Harvard University Press, 2013. -
William Reese. History, Education, and the Schools. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. -
William Reese. Rethinking the History of American Education. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. -
William Reese. America’s Public Schools: From the Common School to ‘No Child Left Behind’. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. -
William Reese. Hoosier Schools: Past and Present. Indiana University Press, 1998. -
William Reese. The Origins of the American High School. Yale University Press, 1995. -
William Reese. The Social History of American Education. University of Illinois Press, 1988. -
William Reese. Power and the Promise of School Reform: Grassroots Movements During the Progressive Era. Rev. edition, Teachers College Press, 1986.
Advisor To
History Courses
- History 412 – History of American Education – Syllabus 2023 (pdf)
- History 478 – Comparative History of Childhood and Adolescence – Syllabus 2020 (pdf)
- History 500 – Historical Publishing Practicum – Syllabus 2013 (pdf) – Bibliography 2013 (pdf)
- History 906 – Pro-seminar in History of Education: History of Childhood and Adolescence – Syllabus 2020 (pdf)
- History 906 – Pro-seminar in History of Education: The History of School Reform – Syllabus 2015 (pdf)
- History 940 – Seminar in American History 1900-1945 – Syllabus 2019 (pdf)