Dr. Evelyn Sterne
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate StudiesPh.D., Duke University
B.A., Yale University
Research Interests:
Twentieth-century U.S., religion, immigration, politics and labor.
Courses Taught:
- HIS 142 – History of the United States Since 1877
- HIS 340 – History of the United States, 1914-41
- HIS 346 – Immigration, Ethnicity and Race in American History
- HIS 357 – History of Religion in the United States
- HIS 441 – Topics in U.S. Immigration History
- HIS 495 – Seminar in History
- HIS 507 – Graduate Seminar in American History (Politics and Society in the Cold War Era)
- HIS 507 – Graduate Seminar in American History (Religion and Politics in American History)
Publications:
Ballots and Bibles: Ethnic Politics and the Catholic Church in Providence. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003.“Beyond the Boss: Immigration and American Political Culture, 1880-1940,” in E Pluribus Unum? Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on Immigrant Political Incorporation, ed. Gary Gerstle and John Mollenkopf. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001.
“Bringing Religion into Working-Class History: Parish, Public and Politics in Providence, 1890-1930.” Social Science History 24:1 (Spring 2000): 149-82.
Contact Information:
Department of History
University of Rhode Island
80 Upper College Road, Suite 3
Kingston, RI 02881
Office: 217B Washburn
Phone: 401.874.4074
Fax: 401.874.2595
Email: sterne@mail.uri.edu
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