Rachel Goossen

Contact

Henderson Learning Resource Center

Rm 311D

1700 SW College Ave

Topeka, KS 66621-1117

785-670-1762

rachel.goossen@washburn.edu

Degrees & Certifications

Bethel College, Bachelor of Arts

Univ of Calif-Santa Barbara, Master of Arts

The University of Kansas, Doctor of Philosophy

Academic History

Washburn University since 2000, prior to that at Goshen College (Indiana)

Teaching

• ED 366 A, Meth Tchng Soc Stud In Sec Sch
• HI 112 5H, US History II
• HI 112 5M, US History II
• HI 112 5R, US History II
• HI 112 5T, US History II
• HI 112 5W, US History II
• HI 112 A, US History II
• HI 300 B, Topics in History
• HI 311 A, Cold-War America, 1945-1990
• HI 397 A, Internshp in Hist Agencies
• HI 500 GA, Special Topics in History
• HI 511 GA, Cold-War America, 1945-1990

Scholarly Interests/Activities

History of American Pacifism

History of American Childhood

History of Conscientious Objectio

 Mennonite History

Active in Kansas Humanities Council ‘Speakers’ Bureau and “Talk About Literature” series

Service Interests/Activities

Advisor for Minor in Justice and Conflict Resolution Studies

Coordinator for District 3 National History Day

Kansas President of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (Washburn Chapter)

Career Accomplishments

Author of Women Against the Good War: Conscientious Objection on the American Home Front, 1941-1947; as well as scholarly articles, most recently in the journal, Peace and Change and Mennonite Quarterly Review.  Have published more than sixty book and film reviews over career