This is the central site for Dr. Jeffrey W. McClurken, Professor of History and American Studies & Chief of Staff to the President at the University of Mary Washington.
My 2009 book, Take Care of the Living, published by the University of Virginia Press.
My class sites and major student projects:
- HIST427–History of the Information Age–Spring 2023
- HIST329–US History in Film–Fall 2022
- HIST428–Adventures in Digital History–Spring 2022
- HIST471–History of Mental Health in the US–Fall 2021
- HIST427–History of the Information Age–Spring 2021
- HIST329–US History in Film–Fall 2020
- HIST428–Adventures in Digital History–Spring 2020
- HIST325–History of Technology and Culture–Fall 2019
- HIST427–History of the Information Age–Spring 2019
- HIST329–US History in Film–Fall 2018
- HIST428–Adventures in Digital History–Spring 2018
- FSEM100–Beyond the Selfie–Fall 2017
- HIST325–History of Technology and Culture–Spring 2017
- HIST329–US History in Film–Fall 2016
- HIST428–Adventures in Digital History–Spring 2016
- FSEM100–Beyond the Selfie: Identities in the Digital Age–Fall 2015
- HIST327–US Women’s History to 1870–Fall 2015
- HIST325–History of Technology and Culture–Spring 2015
- HIST1914–Century America–Class taught at 11 COPLAC institutions simultaneously in Spring 2014 and Spring 2015
- HIST329–US History in Film — Fall 2014
- HIST471D7–History of the Information Age–Fall 2014
- HIST428–Adventures in Digital History–Spring 2014
- HIST327–US Women’s History to 1870–Fall 2013
- HIST471E4–History of US Mental Institutions–Fall 2013
- HIST325–History of American Technology and Culture–Spring 2013 [Digital projects located here.]
HIST471A3–Remembering the American Civil War–Spring 2013 - FSEM100RR–When Americans Came Marching Home–Fall 2012
- HIST329–US History in Film–Fall 2012
- “Gone with The Wind and the Civil War,” recorded session with class in Fall 2012, and first broadcast on CSPAN in February 2013
- HIST 471C3–Adventures in Digital History–Spring 2012
- Digitized and transcribed recordings of 13 of James Farmer’s lectures
- UMW Buildings Project
- Political Cartoon Collection from James Monroe Museum
- James Monroe’s Letters as Minister to France
- HIST 328 — US Women’s History since 1870 — Spring 2012
- HIST471D7–History of the Information Age–Fall 2011
- HIST325–History of American Technology and Culture–Spring 2011
- [And the final product of the class, an exhibit of their work: History of American Technology]
- HIST471A3–Remembering the American Civil War–Spring 2011
- FSEM100RR–When Americans Came Marching Home–Fall 2010
HIST329–US History in Film–Fall 2010 - HIST471C3–Adventures in Digital History–Spring 2010
- FSEM100–TED.com–Ideas Worth Sharing–Fall 2009 (co-taught with Tim O’Donnell)
- HIST325–History of American Technology and Culture–Spring 2009
- FSEM100RR–When Americans Came Marching Home–Fall 2008
HIST329–US History in Film–Fall 2008 - HIST471C3 — Adventures in Digital History–Spring 2008
- FSEM100RR — When Americans Came Marching Home–Fall 2007
HIST299 — Introduction to the Study of History–Fall 2007
My wiki for all classes before Fall 2012. Class wikis after Fall 2012 are here.
My Online Presence:
- Techist — My personal blog about teaching, history, and technology.
- Chronicle of a Pseudo-DIY, Musings on a Domain of Own’s Own — Mini-blogs about various projects and initiatives.
- ProfHacker — I was a contributor to this group blog at the Chronicle of Higher Education on pedagogy and productivity in higher education.
- Digital Campus — I was an occasional guest (an “Irregular”) on this podcast about digital technology and its impact on campus life. (See episodes 44, 53, 57, and 72)
- DH Now — I was a “founding passive editor” of the initial version of a Digital Humanities information filtering project started by Dan Cohen.
- jmcclurken — My Twitter feed for comments on Digital Humanities, history, teaching, and technology
- wheresthechair— My previously used Twitter feed for my office hours and presence on campus
My department’s static site [And our department blog & information resource.]
My Recorded Presentations:
- C-SPAN interview with Beverly Gage about the History of Detectives and Private Investigation, recorded April 2014.
- Interview on With Good Reason about my US History in Film Class, recorded November 2014, broadcast December 2014.
- Minding the Future Panel at OpenVA which I moderated in October 2013, rebroadcast in edited form on With Good Reason in November 2013.
- C-SPAN BookTV feature on Take Care of the Living, September 2013.
- Years of Anguish: Struggle at the Battle of Fredericksburg, recorded November 17, 2012, and first broadcast on CSPAN in December 2012. [Co-organized and moderated this lecture series.]
- Before the Battle of Fredericksburg, recorded October 16, 2012, and first broadcast on CSPAN in December 2012.
- Text from UMW Senior Convocation Speech, 2012
- Interview about Confederate Veteran Families and trauma on With Good Reason, August 2011. See also Companion Feature at the bottom of the page.
- Keynote Address at JMU’s Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, October 2010.
- Banner Lecture, Virginia Historical Society, “Take Care of the Living: Reconstructing Confederate Veteran Families in Virginia,” June 2010 [Audio only]
- UMW’s Teaching Excellence Series Presentation, “Teaching and Learning,” April 2010 [Links]
- Presentation to Honor Convocation, 2008