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Steven Wisensale
Professor
University of Connecticut
Summary
Steve Wisensale Offers New Course on Baseball and Society - Spring term, 2012 "Baseball and Society: Politics, Economics, Race, and Gener." I would like to get in touch with others who teach a similar course and with anyone who teaches courses similar to those listed in my bio below.
Bio:
Steven K. Wisensale, Ph.D. is a Professor of Public Policy in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Connecticut. His primary teaching responsibilities and research interests are in family policy, law, and aging issues. He has received three university-wide teaching awards (and two departmental awards) and was given a research award by the Northeastern Gerontological Society.
Wisensale is the author of more than 75 journal articles, book chapters, and policy briefs and has published three books, including Family Leave Policy: The Political Economy of Work and Family in America. He has received two Fulbright Fellowships - one in Germany, the other in the Czech Republic - and is a former Research Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. He has served as a special consultant to the United Nations on world population aging and, over the years, he has served on seven state task forces in Connecticut.
Professor Wisensale has been named a Senior Fellow at the Council of Contemporary Families and is a Fellow of the National Council of Family Relations. He as published opinion pieces in the Baltimore Sun, Hartford Courant, and The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and has been interviewed by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, National Public Radio, MSNBC television, and various other media outlets.
He received his Ph.D. in Social Welfare Policy from the Heller School at Brandeis University where he focused on aging and long-term care policy. In his other life, he is a baseball addict and holds membership in the Society for American Baseball Research, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and the Negro League Baseball Museum. He has published two papers on Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball and has been a panelist at the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture. He resides in Essex, Connecticut with his wife Nan and their two dogs, Zephyr and Rainbow, both fleet-footed outfielders.
| Current Institution | University of Connecticut |
| Current School | College of Liberal Arts |
| Department | Human Development and Family Studies |
| Disciplines | |
| Address | P.O. Box 565 Essex Connecticut 06426 United States Phone: 860-486-4576 |
| Office Hours | 12:30-1:30 Tuesday and Thursday |
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Education
University of Connecticut
Liberal Arts
Ph.D.,
Human Development and Family Studies
(Sep 1984 - Sep present)
Work Experience
Professor of Public Policy
University of Connecticut
(Sep 1984 - Sep pres)
Teaches courses in family policy, family law and aging policy. Recently introduced and taught a course on Baseball and Society. Primary research area is in in work and family issues with additional work done in aging policy.
Achievements
- Fulbright Fellow ships (Jan 2006 - Jun 2006)
General
Public Policy, with specialty in family policy, with major interest in baseball research
Published 75 journal articles, book chapters and policy briefs and also published three books, including Family Leave Policy: The Political Economy of Work and Family in America.
Published opinion pieces in major newspapers including the Baltimore Sun and the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Have been interviewed by major news outlets, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the L.A. Times, MSNBC TV and National Public Radio.
Named Senior Fellow by the Council on Contmporary Families and as a Fellow of the National Council of Family Relations.
Served asa consultant to the United Nations on world population aging and was named to seven state task forces on public policy issues in the state of Connecticut.
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