Professor of History
Ripon College
300 Seward Street
Ripon, WI 54971
(920) 748-8731

E-mail: BlakeR@ripon.edu

Education

• B.A. in History, Earlham College
• M.A. and Ph.D. in U.S. History, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Awards and Honors

• ProCollege Summer Research Grant, Summer 2001

Areas of Interest

• Have done research in 19th Century American history and history of American race relations. Currently working on several aspects of Ripon local history that involve research with students.

Current Courses Taught

• HIST 175.02  American Prairie & Frontier: The American Frontier Experience
• HIST 241    The United States, 1776 - 1876
• HIST 347    Slavery and Civil War