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John M. Lawlor, Jr.
Professor of History

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Office: Berks Hall Room 521

Phone: (610) 372-4721 x5454 or (800) 626-1665 x5454
jlawlor@racc.edu  -- alternative: jmlawlor@comcast.net

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Educational Background

Advanced studies: Drexel University
M.A., History Kutztown University , 1981
B.S., Social Science Education Kutztown University, 1973

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Projects

• Community College Humanities Association/John Kluge Center Fellow/Mentor, American Cities/Public Spaces Project, Library of Congress.  Library of Congress Fellow.
• National Archives Digital Exhibits Project
• Underground Railroad Project

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Courses links

• History of the United States to 1877
• History of the United States from 1865
• Western Civilization to 1600
• Western Civilization from 1600
• American Civil War
• Contemporary History
• American Government
• State and Local Government
• Information Technology for the Social Sciences
• Introduction to Educational Technology
• Advanced Educational Technology
• Issues and Trend in Educational Technology

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Professional Memberships

• Community College Humanities Association
• Pennsylvania Association for Educational Computing and Technology
• American Historical Association
• Organization for American Historians
• Historical Society of Berks County
• American Association for History and Computing

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Research Interests

• Arts in the Progressive Era Culture Wars: Temperance battle in Reading, Pennsylvania
• Safety in Public Space: Theater Disasters in the Progressive Era
• Wernersville RR Station Restoration.
• Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
• John Brown Primary Source Book.
• The American Civil War
• Land Use and Development Web site
• Thomas Cooper Case -- at the National Archives Digital Classroom
• "Comparative Fugitive From Labor Cases"
• The New Deal: "War" on the Great Depression
• Protection from Atomic Fallout
• The Underground Railroad Project

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Updated 3/06/2008

jlawlor@racc.edu