Lynne Dunn

Associate Professor of History

Bancroft 352

(803) 323-4674

dunnl@winthrop.edu

United States Diplomatic, Recent United States, American Women

Background:

After receiving her undergraduate degree from Mount Union College, Dr. Dunn pursued graduate study

at Kent State University. She worked under the direction of Dr. Lawrence S. Kaplan and received her M.A.

in 1977 and her Ph.D. in 1982. Her major areas of interest are United States Diplomatic and American

Women's history, although her doctoral fields also include Modern Europe and Latin America. Before
coming to Winthrop in 1989, Dr. Dunn taught at the University of Akron, Miami University (Ohio), The

College of Wooster, the University of Utah, and the State University of New York at Fredonia. She also

spent two years as a historian with Contemporary History Branch of the United States Naval Historical

Center in Washington, D.C.

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Recent and Representative Publications and Presentations:

• Keeping the Covenant: American Internationalists and the League of Nations, 1920-1939 (with Warren
   F. Kuehl) Kent State University Press.

• The Department of Justice (with an introduction by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.) Chelsea House Publishers.

• "Internationalism in the Republican Era" in The Romance of History: Essays in Honor  of Lawrence S.
  Kaplan, Kent State University Press.  

• "Joining the Boys' Club: The Diplomatic Career of Eleanor Lansing Dulles" in Women and American
  Foreign Policy: Critics, Lobbyists and Insiders", Greenwood Press.

• "The Battle of Wonsan," "The Hungnam Evacuation", "Admiral Forest P. Sherman", and "Admiral C.
  Turner Joy",  in a Historical Dictionary of the Korean War, Greenwood Press.

Classes taught:

• 211 United States History to 1877 (3)
  A survey of political, diplomatic, economic, social, intellectual and ethnic developments through
  Reconstruction.  Dr. Dunn teaches several sections of this course every fall semester.

• 212 United States History since 1877 (3)
  A survey of political, diplomatic, economic, social, intellectual and ethnic developments since

  Reconstruction.  Dr. Dunn  teaches several sections of this course every spring semester. Click here to

  view the course syllabi for spring 2003:

• 310 The History of Women in America (3)
  Beginning with the colonial period and extending through the contemporary women's movement, this

  course examines the role women have played in the development of American society. Offered occasionally.

   The course will next be offered in spring 2003.

• 515 The United States as a World Power since 
  1898 (3)
  A survey of twentieth century United States diplomatic history, focusing on the principles of American foreign
  policy and their historical evolution. Offered occasionally.

• 525 The United States since 1939 (3)
  A study of political, social, economic, and diplomatic developments since 1939 with particular emphasis on
  the recent past. Offered occasionally. The course was last offered in fall 2002.  

• 550 The Fifties (Special Topics Course) (3)
  An in-depth look at the decade of the 1950s, with particular emphasis on the Cold War, the Civil Rights

  Movement, the Women's Movement, and Beat culture. Offered occasionally.  This course will next be offered

• in fall 2003.
  610 Great Issues in American History- The Fifties (3)
  Advanced, in-depth consideration of the first post-war decade. Offered occasionally.

• 620 History of American Women (3)
  A graduate reading colloquium which focuses upon the history of women in the United States from the colonial
  period to the present. Offered occasionally. This course will next be offered in spring 2003.

• 625 20th Century U.S. Foreign Policy (3)
  A graduate reading colloquium/writing seminar which focuses on 20th century U. S. Foreign policy. Offered
  occasionally.

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Last revised 13 June 2007.