George S. Vascik
Faculty Profile
George S. Vascik
Associate Professor of History
572 Mosler Hall
1601 University Blvd.
Hamilton, OH 45011
Phone: 513-785-3272
Fax: 513-785-3145
vascikgs@muohio.edu
Research
A 1988 graduate of the University of Michigan, my research interests have included 19th century German politics and political economy, the Industrial Revolution, and the sugar industry. With the new millennium, I became more interested in ways that GIS technology can reopen previously closed historical questions. I am currently completing Peasants and Jews: Anti-Semitism and Rural Politics in Northwest Germany. Further details on this and other projects and papers can be found at http://peasantsandjews.org.
Teaching
My primary role at Miami University is as a classroom teacher. In addition to regularly offering sections of Western Civilization and the introductory historical methods seminar, I teach a variety of upper division classes focusing on Modern Europe. I have led spring break workshops to Vienna and Berlin, and in Summer 2009 will be teaching at Miami’s Luxembourg campus. I am deeply involved in campus initiatives to effectively integrate advanced technology into the classroom and provide access to non-traditional, first-generation, or underprivileged students.
Service
I have most recently been professionally active in the (American) Social Science History Association, the European Social Science History Association, The Historical Society, and the Ohio Academy of History. In addition to the normal range of university committees, I have been the academic director of four Teaching American History grants funded by the US Department of Education. See http://americasjourney.org and http://evergrowingfreedom.org